Blog Index

James Molesworth

The Guigal of Argentina and Team Alejandro

Posted: 10:48 AM ET, 03/24/08

In Argentina, Bodega Catena Zapata is the undisputed heavyweight champ. The winery, led by Nicolás Catena, is the equivalent of the Rhône’s E. Guigal: a multi-generation, family-owned winery that is clearly the industry leader, yet never rests on its laurels. Read more

James Suckling

Smoke and Fire in Montalcino

Posted: 02:48 PM ET, 03/21/08

Rumors spread fast in Italy, just like any other wine region. I think a lot arise from jealousy among wine producers. I really hate it... But sometimes there is some truth to them.

The most recent rumor is how about one-third of the producers in Montalcino are being investigated for blending wines from the south of Italy into their 2003 Brunellos. Read more

Maynard Keenan

Reflections on Easter and the Equinox from the Vineyard

Posted: 01:00 PM ET, 03/21/08

Thank goodness this is a blog and not a term paper. Run-on sentences, sentence fragments, non-standard punctuation. This would never make it past Ms. Ratchet, the Grammar Nazi. So please bear with me.

I've always been puzzled and fascinated by Easter. Read more

Harvey Steiman

Yakima and DuBrul

Posted: 11:33 AM ET, 03/21/08

Yakima Valley wine isn't what it used to be, and that's good. In my 30 years of tasting Washington wine, I have often liked the bright fruit character and often zingy acidity Yakima can produce, but there's also a telltale vegetal character that crept into many of its red wines. Read more

James Laube

Looking Ahead To Santa Barbara Wine Futures

Posted: 05:08 PM ET, 03/20/08

Next week I'll blind-taste wines from Santa Barbara County that will be sold as futures via Wine Cask, the Santa Barbara retailer. This is an annual affair that’s well-organized, with scores of wines for sale, including some exotic and rare cuvées. Read more

James Molesworth

Double Barrel Consultants

Posted: 08:14 AM ET, 03/20/08

Chile’s wine industry dates back over a century, but for all intents and purposes, its modern history dates back to just the early 1990s, as wineries emerged from a generation of political and economic strife. Nonetheless, that makes Veramonte, founded in 1990, one of the old guard. Read more

James Molesworth

Vines with an Ocean View

Posted: 03:56 PM ET, 03/19/08

The move to cooler climates and better vine materials has been the major force for the upsurge in quality among Chilean wines in recent years, its white wines in particular. With that in mind, I worked up the coastline today, starting in the new area called Leyda. Read more

James Laube

California's Future Still Looks European

Posted: 02:28 PM ET, 03/19/08

Piero Antinori stopped by my office in Napa on Monday for a brief visit. He’s been in Napa Valley more of late. He’s been here to keep a closer eye on his Atlas Peak winery, Antica Napa Valley, which produces Cabernet, Chardonnay, Merlot and Syrah, along with some Sangiovese, which was once the dream wine that’s been scaled back. Read more

James Suckling

Back to School in Baja

Posted: 01:18 PM ET, 03/19/08

I spent an afternoon with Hugo d’Acosta, the wine guru of Baja California, Mexico, tasting through various barrels of 2007 in one of his wineries, La Escuelaita – "the little school" in Spanish. The small winery is actually a school where about 50 wine-keen friends make their wines every year under the direction of Hugo. Read more

Harvey Steiman

On the Pizza Trail: Caioti

Posted: 12:06 PM ET, 03/19/08

Ed LaDou changed the way we think about pizza. He's best known for inventing California pizza, also known as "designer pizza," which operates under the premise that anything you might put on a plate could go onto a pizza. He was Wolfgang Puck's first pizza chef at Spago when it opened in 1982, and he consulted with California Pizza Kitchen when that chain was getting started in the 1980s. Read more

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