Pear of Aces

A Champagne-lover's cider

Ask most sommeliers about cider and they'll likely turn up their expertly trained noses. But not wine legend Eric Bordelet. After several years as the director of the wine program...

Imported Goods

Terry Theise explains why we love wine

There is something particular (and often, indescribable) about the experience of enjoying good wine. In his first book, the lively and articulate Reading Between the Wines,...

Code Word

A small wine region with big clout

For those in the know, one region in France has recently become the wine world's new "secret handshake." As a generation of drinkers moves away from the rich, heavy wines that...

Homeward Bound

A winemaker goes back to his roots

History has a way of repeating itself. In the wine world, we're grateful for the pattern, particularly when it produces things like Viña Meín Blanco, a balanced,...

In Living Color

The bottle to bring with you this weekend

Vinho Verde--the crisp, low-alcohol Portuguese white wine--has already earned a reputation as a perfect warm-weather pour, but now there's something even better: Vinho Verde...

Bottle Shock

France's strangest winemaker gives us gold

Andrea Calek is surely one of France's most exciting young winemakers, though he hardly looks the part. With his wild, unkempt hair and his torn, secondhand clothes, Calek is as...