I’ve written quite a bit about the excellent 2006 vintage for Brunello di Montalcino, and even with all the tremendous 2006’s currently on the market, the 2007’s are trickling onto store shelves.  The early consensus from Montalcino is that while…

This past weekend we celebrated a family religious right of passage.  My oldest son made his Confirmation and when the Bishop made the mistake of saying to all the children present:  “You are now men and women” ; my son was surely listening…

When this wine emerged on the scene in the mid 1990’s the wine press heaped praise after praise upon it.  I remember the fervor surrounding the 1995 and 1998 releases and I really liked the wine then; it was like an Ambassador…

There’s an old principle for buying wine that I like to remember because it rings true more often than not.  It’s called “Producer over Vintage”.  What this means is that when buying wine, if you choose a quality producer, the resulting…