February Wine Reviews: Rediscovering My Taste of Smell and Love of the Modern Bistro
Everything tastes better after a break. I took a pause from reviewing wines in January for the first time in ...
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December Wine Reviews: A Tour de France to Wrap a Wild Year of Wine Reviewing
Notes on the Rhône, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, the Loire – and beyond. When I started this little wine-reviewing experiment ...
November Wine Reviews: From Bordeaux Blanc to Beautiful Beaujolais
A small but mighty round-up and the launch of my limited-edition wine club. Every year, I get to November and ...
October Wine Reviews: A Stellar Sancerre Met By Equally Excellent Loire Valley Neighbors
The month the Loire Valley took center stage on my palate – even as Champagne took over NYC. “I’m so ...
September Wine Reviews: From the Dazzling Côte d’Azur to the Chaos of La Rentrée
The final sips of summer 2025. The term “la rentrée” was initially created to refer to that time of year ...
August Wine Reviews: The Best Chablis for Lobster Rolls and A Last-Minute Escape to Provence
The summer I turned French – by taking almost the entire month of August off (albeit accidentally). Maine’s been on ...
July Wine Reviews: A Delightful Vouvray and Renewed Love for Cru Beaujolais
If we can’t have another trip to Bordeaux, at least we have wine. Oh, July. Sticky, sweltering, bipolar July. The ...
June Wine Reviews: Magic in Bordeaux and 2 Captivating Champagnes
As it turns out, Bordeaux is home to some of my favorite wines. A week before leaving for France, I ...
May Wine Reviews: A Marathon Wine Dinner and a Stellar Natural Wine From the Languedoc
Plus: a blind tasting I epically failed. May was my busiest wine tasting month to date, with over 50 wines ...
April Wine Reviews: An Outstanding Chenin Blanc, A Nostalgic Champagne
A busy April with much to celebrate. I have a love/hate relationship with April. It’s always extraordinarily bustling and overwhelming ...