I live in California which has the highest share of undocumented crop workers in the country. But California is not alone. In the U.S. as a whole, 42% of agricultural workers are undocumented according to… Continue reading
My parents, like so many of the generation who became parents in the 1940s and 50s, drank spirits—in their case, Seagrams whiskey highballs. They drank a lot of them. Too many in fact. As a… Continue reading
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading
I have been a wine writer for nearly 40 years. And yet, for the first time in my career, I’m worried. Despondent even. Wine writing as a profession, a craft, even sometimes an art, is… Continue reading
Spring always makes me want to cook. Maybe it’s the delight of walking into a… Continue reading
Rosé samples are already rolling into our offices, as they do every spring. And so… Continue reading
Chianti Classico seems like a wine we Americans know well—after all, there are nearly 50,000… Continue reading
Pairing wine and food can be a contentious issue. Some experts maintain that we should… Continue reading
I still hear people talk about the infamous “Tongue Map” when describing what they taste… Continue reading
Say it’s a cold winter night (not too hard to envision), but this time, imagine… Continue reading
We call them “Steals,” but no matter what you call them, inexpensive wines are good to have around. So every January, we look back at all the wines we tasted in the past year and… Continue reading
Every year we look back at the 2000 or so wines we tasted that year… Continue reading
