Fresh Video from Southern France Wine Country
Last spring I spent time rambling through the Languedoc and Bordeaux regions of southern France. The brief video below includes not only shots of vineyards (conspicuously absent of greenery), but…
California Dreamin’ – and Good Wine
For a few weeks I visited friends living near California's coast who love wines: Californian, French, Italian - all. They love to socialize and share. North to south - here's…
Sonoma’s Rockpile Ridge – Hot Terroir
An hour north of San Francisco sprawls Sonoma County - with a million agriculturally rich and beautiful rolling acres, seventy miles of coastline along the Pacific Ocean - and 14…
Fresh Chilean Wine Appellation for the Maule Valley
Winemaker Andrés Sánchez just wrote from Chile. He shared news about a new appellation in the Maule Valley that applies to wines based on the Carignan grape (Andrés and I met…
Happy Fourth Anniversary – Vino Expressions!
Today - St. Patrick's Day - marks the fourth anniversary of the launching of the web log - Vino Voices. The site was originally titled Vino Expressions - to match…
Words and Wine – Best Wine Writing
Researching and writing a book about people who work with wine changed my life. I plunged into stories about grapes and geography, filled the fridge with quirky and classic vintages, and marveled…
Hong Kong’s Dynamic Wine Scene
My friend Kathy Fu who works in Hong Kong provided photographs for this post, as well as information about Hong Kong itself – basic but intriguing stuff I simply never…
Beauty in Wine Regulations?
The title of this post is misleading. Regulations concerning wine are rarely beautiful, but associated grape names can be. You'll see. Below are some basic and bedrock regulations concerning how…
Searching for Wine in Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small nation tucked into the mountains north of India and east of Nepal. It has a population of less than 700,000 people and no…
Christmas Eve Wine from Vietnam
The flight from Saigon to Hanoi takes two hours. In late December, the journey will take you from t-shirt, shorts, and sandals weather to where you'll need to pull on…