Blog Index
Harvey Steiman
Virtual RedHeads
Posted: 09:17 AM ET, 02/19/08
It would be interesting to know how many new wineries start out by making and bottling their wines in somebody else's winery. My guess is maybe one-third of all new wineries, based on a cursory survey of the fresh labels I've tasted in the past couple of years. Read more
James Suckling
Garajistas, Amigos y Amor en Mexico
Posted: 03:37 PM ET, 02/18/08
Some countries still remain off the wine radar screen for most people, even though they may be making some awesome wines. One that comes to mind is Israel. What a place! Some winemakers there are making some heartfelt, soulful wines. I still dream about a trip I made there in September 2006 with my wine-collecting friend Josh Latner, and we were blown away by the quality of a number of reds and whites we tasted. Read more
James Laube
Help Wanted: What's Fair with Restaurant Wine Pricing
Posted: 03:00 PM ET, 02/15/08
I’m packing my fly rod for a weekend of steelhead fishing in the rivers north of Eureka, but not before offering to help an old friend with his new restaurant wine list.
And since he’s wrestling with a concept that I’m sure would delight most of you, I thought I’d seek your input, which in turn we can share with him. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Blasts from the Past
Posted: 11:00 AM ET, 02/15/08
The outstanding Oakland restaurant Oliveto has started offering a special collection of older Italian wines, even serving some by the glass. The prices, eminently fair for wines from the mid-1990s and before, make it possible to drink 12-, 15-, even 25-year-old Barolos, Barbarescos and Brunellos sometimes for less than current vintages. Read more
James Laube
Two Pioneers with Different Styles
Posted: 02:51 PM ET, 02/14/08
We lost two pioneers of the California wine industry this past week. They were about as opposite as they could be, but they shared a dream.
Peter Newton built one of Napa’s architectural icons in Sterling Vineyards, then sold it and started another winery, Newton. Read more
James Laube
The Rarity—and Importance—of Tasting DRC
Posted: 03:49 PM ET, 02/13/08
I just finished reading Bruce Sanderson’s notes on the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti tasting. I’m glad that the domaine is showing its wines and envious that Bruce has tasted the wines twice.
Like most Burgundy lovers, DRC tasting opportunities and drinking experiences are not to be missed. Read more
James Suckling
The Indiana Jones in All of Us
Posted: 11:29 AM ET, 02/13/08
Where’s the strangest place you have ever found a very good cellar? I knew a guy about 20 years ago who spent a lot of his free time during the war in Vietnam discovering old wine cellars in hotels full of great bottles of Bordeaux from the 1950s and 1960s. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Making Wine Show Different Faces
Posted: 11:14 AM ET, 02/13/08
Chef Daniel Patterson deserves applause for the food he made for the Washington wines at the dinner I organized last week.(See Part I of this blog for what the dinner was all about, and my comments on the wines I plucked from my cellar.) His series of nine dishes for the six wines not only shone on their own, but different dishes made the same wine show unexpected strengths. Read more
James Laube
Sneak Preview of the 2005 Rubicon
Posted: 04:17 PM ET, 02/12/08
I had a sneak preview of the 2005 Rubicon last week and this should be one of the greatest wines from this storied Napa Valley estate.
Owner Francis Ford Coppola is obsessed with making Rubicon one of Napa's first-growths, and he has the vineyard and winemaking talent to do so. Read more
Richard Betts
11 to Win: A Broken Case Can Be a Winning Buy
Posted: 06:45 PM ET, 02/11/08
I love the number 11 and I’ll tell you why. When it represents a shortfall from a full dozen, it implies a difference of opinion that can be a wonderful window of opportunity for a counter-intuitive wine drinker.
I just spent a long day on a transatlantic flight perusing some of the recent wine auction catalogs. Read more
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