In most cases, the date you see on a bottle will be the vintage date, or the year the grapes were picked. This can be important information for a wine lover, since some vintages are more notable or ...

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The two primary methods for quality sparkling-wine production are the traditional method (aka the méthode traditionnelle or the Champagne method) and the tank method. In both methods, winemakers start ...

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Absolutely! Screwcaps are a terrific way to close a bottle of wine. They eliminate the possibility of cork taint, oxidation and crumbly cork syndrome, and they make the wine easier to open (and ...

Steve Jacobson makes a hat trick with his latest win, cementing his “All-Star” status in the annual reader contest. Watch his ...

When the final paddle was raised at the newly christened Sonoma County Wine Celebration and live auction last month, the ...

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He started it in 2009, when he combined Girard Winery, a Napa Valley winery he bought in 2000, with Windsor Vineyards, a Sonoma County producer of private wine labels he and Leslie Rudd, the late ...

“We are gearing up to offer a chef’s tasting menu with some fun additions soon,” Hendrickson-Jones told Wine Spectator. The by-the-glass list also features special pours such as the 2015 vintage of ...

We post real Wine Spectator reviews. You use clues such as color, aromas, flavors and structure to figure out the grape, age and origin. Good luck! Tasting Note: Shows the racy, leaner profile of the ...