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An eye-opening wine project from Portugal

Sure, we love port, the world's most celebrated fortified wine. But it is ironic, and even unfair, that Portugal is frequently mischaracterized as a one-drink pony. Instead, the...

Mineral Deposits

Albariño finds a home on California's Central Coast

If we know Albariño at all, most of us know it as a Spanish wine. But there's a less-known spate of bottles with American provenance. The Albariño grape has become a...

Rhône Star State

Washington wines turn to southeast France

Napa does Cabernet and Oregon does Pinot Noir, but Washington State’s wine producers have been slow to claim their calling-card grapes. We do have one theory about a...

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Breaking down orange wine

Confession: We're still grappling with orange wines. Our struggle is due in no small part to the category's misnomer: "Orange" wine is rarely orange. Some are barely pink and...

Pink Ladies

Rosé rocks the coast

The winemakers of the Sonoma Coast are sneaky. They produce and talk mostly about reds and whites made with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay respectively. And although those classic...

Seder Sippin'

Kosher Champagne, just in time for Passover

When it comes to Champagne, New Year's and birthdays are the most common celebratory holidays. But now flutes are also appropriate at the Passover seder. This year, you can keep...