Wine and Emotion
A Winemaker’s Thoughts
Chris Carpenter has been the longtime winemaker of Cardinale, La Jota, Lokoya, and Mt. Brave—four… Continue reading
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My Top 10 Bargain Wines to Start the Year
You Can’t Go Wrong with These Reds!
I hope you splurged in December, my friends, because January is austerity month. Time to… Continue reading
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My Top Wines of the Year
The Short List of What Not to Miss
I am so excited to tell you about these wines—wines that we fell in love… Continue reading
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My Favorite Champagnes of the Year
Buy These for the Holidays and New Year’s Eve!
As some of you know, I drink a glass of Champagne every night. For me,… Continue reading
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The Unlikely Story of Ridge—A California “First Growth”
Ridge has been considered one of California’s “First Growths” for more than half a century.… Continue reading
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The (Unthinkable) End of Wine?
Four years ago, the World Economic Forum reported that extreme, volatile weather events would cause… Continue reading
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Best Restaurant All Year…
The new French Laundry lives—and it’s in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Ok, it’s not… Continue reading
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Who Doesn’t Love to be Seized…?
A Review of Drinking with the Valkyries by Andrew Jefford
I read recently about a dangerous animal quest. Two friends, a writer and a biologist,… Continue reading
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I Hope I Remember This Night
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading
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Are Smaller Bubbles Really Better?
The first time I went to the Champagne region, a winemaker took me aside and… Continue reading
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The Rise of Fantastic Cabernet Franc
One of the more exciting things that we at Karen MacNeil & Company did this… Continue reading
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Unleashed and Unhinged
One of the first life-changing wines I drank in my 20s was a Guigal Côte-Rôtie… Continue reading
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