Author: vinothekid

'Wine merchants and sommeliers across the nation peered into the bottoms of their Riedel crystal bowls to offer their predictions. As you might expect, white wines dominated their thoughts.'

'In the search for an affordable and crisp California white, I ventured to my local wine shop and quickly zeroed on a 2007 Sauvignon Blanc from winemaking entrepreneur Joel Gott—because I knew the name and liked the $13 price.'

'While there is a broad range of Italian whites available these days, from arneis to soave, Gavi to grillo, pinot grigio has a prominent place on the spectrum because it is widely grown and easy to find on store shelves in this country. Pick out a few of them and chances are you’ll find at least one that stands out.'

'I don't think you can find a better, widely available, food-friendly white wine for summer sipping than sauv blanc. It's a grape that is successfully grown all over the world, but manages to express itself differently in each place.'

'The European Commission announced on Monday that it had dropped plans to allow rose wine to be made by mixing red and white wines, a victory for producers in France and Italy.'

'Somewhere in the haze of polemic wine punditry, where every old idea can be given a fresh coat of paint and proffered as original thought, Napa got caught up in the overripe wine discussion, lumped in with the hegemony of “Parker’s Palate,” given “poster boy” status.'