Blog Index
James Laube
Stag's Leap Making the Right Decisions for the Future
Posted: 02:30 PM ET, 06/26/08
Ted Baseler insists that returning Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ Cabernets to their top form will be easy for the simple reason that the winery’s vineyards are in great shape.
When Warren Winiarski decided to sell the winery to Ste. Read more
Bruce Sanderson
What Lies Ahead for Moillard?
Posted: 10:46 AM ET, 06/26/08
Wednesday afternoon found me at Moillard in Nuits-St.-Georges. I had just heard earlier that day that the firm, founded as a négociant in 1850 and also with 74 acres of vineyards in the Côte d’Or, had been sold to Béjot, a large company controlled by Vincent Sauvestre. Read more
James Suckling
Lucky Man
Posted: 05:30 AM ET, 06/26/08
The great summer weather continues, which is why it feels amazing to live in Tuscany. And it’s why the wine region makes superb wines. The vines are still a little behind schedule. They suffered during the flowering due to wet and cold weather, so there was bad berry set. Read more
James Molesworth
Day 5: The Other Southern Rhône and the Chapoutier of Gigondas
Posted: 11:37 AM ET, 06/25/08
There is much more to the Southern Rhône than just Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and with that in mind, I spent the day focusing on domaines in Gigondas and Vacqueyras.
Gigondas is often thought of as a small Châteauneuf, but in reality its terroir and wines are quite different. Read more
Bruce Sanderson
A Morning in Beaune
Posted: 04:28 PM ET, 06/24/08
I’m back in New York now, where I noticed some scaffolding has actually disappeared from my neighborhood. Though I had a reprieve from the Internet in Burgundy, I was frustrated by the lack of access at my hotel. It seems they were between network providers. Read more
James Laube
Tasting Dry Creek Reds Shows the Area's Shortcomings
Posted: 04:24 PM ET, 06/24/08
My blind tasting last week of a dozen Dry Creek Valley red wines didn’t change my view that: 1) this appellation has a shortage of great wines, and 2) it lacks a signature wine.
Of the two, the former is the bigger concern. If you add up the case numbers for all of the best wines, it’s still a pretty small percentage of the total that are outstanding wines. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Wine and Cheese: Think White
Posted: 12:29 PM ET, 06/24/08
Long experience has taught me that white wines perform better with more cheeses than reds do, so it brought a smile to my face to read a news story this morning on Reuters about how the winegrowers of Alsace are promoting their (mostly white) wines as perfect matches with cheese. Read more
James Suckling
Reliving a TCA Moment
Posted: 11:55 AM ET, 06/24/08
I had a 1989 Ducru-Beaucaillou last week for dinner with a friend, and it wasn’t very good. I had asked her to go down to my cellar and pick out something to drink and she came up with the bottle of the 1989 Ducru. She is new to Bordeaux wines, so she had no idea that the 1989 Ducru is infamous, along with the 1988 and 1990. Read more
James Laube
A Smoky Weekend In Napa Valley
Posted: 05:12 PM ET, 06/23/08
I noticed a cloud of white puffy smoke rising to the east at about 6 p.m. on Saturday. I knew right away it was a fire. Too hot and windy for delta fog to be creeping over the hill into Napa.
It wasn’t clear where the fire was, since I was in Sonoma, which is west of Napa. Read more
Bruce Sanderson
Heading South in Burgundy
Posted: 04:05 PM ET, 06/23/08
Tuesday was cloudy, and a light sprinkling of rain dotted the windshield on the drive to Chassagne-Montrachet. By mid-day, the sun came out and the temperature rose.
My first stop of the day was Domaine Morey-Coffinet, where I was greeted by Michel Morey and his wife Fabienne. Read more
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