Five Years of International Wine

Our resident wine critic is Anthony Gismondi.  Each issue he provides acute, expert analysis along with a great story from the international wine world and his “Case to Consider”, 12 fabulous wines for any occasion.

The Mountainous Spanish Wine Region Challenging the Best French Reds

Priorat owes its prowess to its compelling local soil.

Castillo de Monséran Garnacha

The wine.

We taste dozens of bottles and make a special selection each week.

Masseto Begins its New Life as a Stand-Alone Label

An intimate opening at a modern, Old World winery’s new dedicated facility.

Selling Canadian Wine to the Brits

<em>Message in a Bottle.</em>

Why pouring B.C. wine in London makes good business sense.

Attems Estate Vineyard

<em>Magical Italian white wines</em>.

A 913-year-old Friuli jewel is cut and polished and going strong.

Bodega Garzón

Tannat or not tannat.

It is like no other winery project.

A Case to Consider: Spring 2016

Twelve great wines you should try.

Selections from Germany, New Zealand, Austria, and more.

d’Arenberg

Earning stripes.

Fame is no match for the authenticity, quality, charm, and dogged determination coming out of d’Arenberg Winery, a McLaren Vale icon.

Long Shadows

Columbia Valley crusaders.

Preposterous is one way to describe the idea: seven acclaimed winemakers, who didn’t need any extra work, agreeing to work in the Pacific Northwest, to make a solo wine under the unknown Long Shadows moniker.

A Case to Consider: Winter 2015

Twelve great wines you should try.

Wines from New Zealand, Italy, France, and more.

Gérard Bertrand and Paul Mas

Le luxe rural.

For Mas and Bertrand, the New Languedoc is on a mission to get back on equal footing with the other great wines of France.

A Case to Consider: Autumn 2015

Twelve great wines you should try.

Wines from Argentina, Chile, Italy, and more.

A Case to Consider: Summer 2015

Twelve great wines you should try.

Wines from Chile, Australia, Spain, and more.

Altos Las Hormigas

A job for ants.

Great wine is always about site, but terroir without energy, ideas, and vision is, well, just a piece of dirt.

A Case to Consider: Spring 2015

Twelve great wines you should try.

Wines from Australia, Spain, Portugal, and more.