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Today I am just going to write about chardonnays from California and how they work well for me with seafood. I could take the word California out and substitute white burgundy, but not this time. Let me first state that I do not like “fishy-smelling ...

There is something enchantingly sophisticated about a fine brunello di Montalcino, it just reeks of classic taste and ethereal aromas. Made 100 per cent from the brunello clone of Italy’s sangiovese grape, it is the only Tuscan wine that insists tha...

Topping the list of our world’s most planted wine grapes is cabernet sauvignon with 840,000 acres. Merlot takes the second spot with 657,300 and the popular pinot noir is well behind with 285,000. By far the winner in white is chardonnay, with 518,9...

Although these are strange times to judge which way our market is going, the decision has been made to reduce, for a limited time, the price of a few wines in our stores — with, of course, the desire to reduce stocks. From a purely retail point of v...

Let me start with discussing a few statistics as possibly a quick scan of those recently released may have led to the wrong conclusion. I read last week that car sales were down 99 per cent, clothes and apparel minus 97.1 per cent, but wines and spi...

August 4 of each year is designated “World White Wine Day”, and although I am a little slow off the mark, I would like to suggest a few off the beaten path today. First I must confess that even after 45 years in this trade I am still puzzled by this ...

Michael Robinson loves educating people about wine. Working for Burrows & Lightbourn for 22 years as director of wines, he led many wine-tasting events and discussions. He also writes about wine in his weekly Royal Gazette column, Grape Expectations....

Last week I wrote of pinot noir and how August 18 is set aside each year to celebrate the wines made from this historic, cool-climate-loving grape. We ended with Drouhin Cuvée Laurène Pinot Noir from Oregon’s Willamette Valley and I mentioned that t...

The term holy grail is, at times, used to refer to an elusive object or goal. I use it in the way that many winemakers do as they strive to make a fine wine from a most difficult grape to work with. August 18 is designated as the day where we cele...

For this very warm summer weekend I was trying to decide whether to write about light, fruity, refreshing reds that can be served a little chilled, or big, rich reds to marry with grilled steaks, ribs and so on. Then the light came on — I have time ...

When I think of Portugal my mind goes straight to port, but in this summer weather some of their table wines are very pleasant, inexpensive and easy to enjoy. For instance Casal de Ventozela is a family business created in 1983 and dedicated to prod...

The Catena family of Argentina pioneered high-altitude vineyards that are known for their bright and direct sunlight day after day as well as their very cool nights. This wide diurnal temperature variation is so important for developing complex grape...