Wine and Wild Spaces

 It’s been a long year. Whatever holidays you may be celebrating, I wish you and yours safety, joy, and good food and wine. So, this week I ...

The coronavirus pandemic is causing havoc the world over. While tasting wines from Italy, Spain, the United States, I can’t help think of h...

So, the holiday season is in full swing, and, like every year, the bubbles abound.  I drink Champagne (and, to a lesser extent, Champagne-...

If you’re a frequent reader of these wine reviews, you may have seen me sing praises of Alsace. I love this region, which I first began expl...

High quality Champagne-method sparkling wine and value — not always an easy combination to come by. Luckily, Crémant d’Alsace exists. For...

If I trace my love for wine all the way back, it starts in Alsace. I was living in the far southwestern corner of Germany, in boarding scho...

For the money, Crémant d’Alsace is some of France’s best Champagne-method sparkling wine. And for that, we largely have Lucien Albrecht t...

Alsace is primo Pinot territory. Not just Pinot Noir, of course, but its related varieties Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc have long and heralded...

It’s time for a lot of Pinot Noir. Well, it’s always time for Pinot, but I recently tasted through a bunch of them from all over the world, ...

This post first appeared on the daily wine blog Terroirist. If I could afford it, I’d drink Champagne always. But Crémant d’Alsace tends ...

Riesling is endlessly fascinating for its diversity and ability to translate different vineyards into flavors. A transparent grape, lovers...