ShareBeginning just outside Strasbourg and extending southward for almost 70 miles through the wooded slopes and hills of the Vosges Mountains near France’s eastern border with Germany and Switzerland, here lies the ancient and impressive Alsace wine region. The Vosges Mountains tend to keep the region dry and protected from the cold Atlantic weather. Unlike [...]

ShareFor the past couple of years, there has been a great deal of media touting the 2008 vintage of Pinot Noir in Oregon’s Willamette Valley… and rightfully so.  It is a truly exceptional vintage. I had the pleasure of visiting a host of Willamette Valley wineries last year, precisely during their release of the 2008’s. [...]

ShareIf you are looking for the best of both worlds – a wine that has the dynamic characteristics of the most celebrated grape in the world, Cabernet Sauvignon, along with the more unique flavor and structural components of other red varieties – than you should focus your attention on the fascinating genre of Cabernet Blends. [...]