Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 10/5/25
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Why Hasn’t Anyone Bought Quartz Reef Yet?
While I primarily focus on the sensorial aspects of the wine world, I also pay attention to the business side
Vinography Images: No Smoking
That’s no cloud! The volcanic plume from Mount Etna emerges just over the shoulder of a hill filled with vineyards
Why You Should Apply to Attend the Wine Writers’ Symposium
The wine world is made of dreams. Some people dream about drinking wine. Some people dream about growing or making
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/28/25
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Flavors of Old California: Notes from the Historic Vineyard Society Tasting
Most of you know by now that I have a thing for old vines. I love them. And I love
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/21/25
Hello and welcome to this week’s dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
Vinography Images: Maximum Vineyard
There’s not a lot of wasted space in the densely packed Rüdesheimer Roseneck vineyard, part of the famous Rüdesheimer Berg
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/21/25
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Have Dinner with Jancis Robinson on October 30th in San Francisco
She’s been called the world’s most respected wine critic. She’s the author of not one, but three of the wine
Vinography Images: Century Upon the Stage
We poor players may strut and fret merely an hour upon the stage, but vines can thrive far beyond the
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/14/25
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Hella Good: Tasting Notes from Hella Chenin
You’d be hard pressed to find someone more excited than I about the ascendancy of Chenin Blanc from obscurity to—well,
Vinography Images: In the Dark
An ancient rusted cask number sign and ghostly globules of white mold are illuminated by a spotlight in a dark
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/7/25
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 8/31/25
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Marvelous Mornington: Victoria’s Cool-Climate Gem
It’s tempting to think of everything in Australia as being larger than life. Certainly, many things are. It’s a country
Vinography Images: Stepping Stones
Like an X-ray, the walls and staircases of the Rheingau give a ruddy glimpse of what’s also underneath the shallow
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 8/31/25
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What Does Perfection Mean? Looking at the 2021 FUTO Estate CFX Red Blend
Once upon a time, much of the wine reviewing I did here on Vinography consisted of individual bottles—tasted, described, written
