Ferrari-Carano

Ferrari-Carano has been at the forefront of wine – and high expectations – since Don and Rhonda Carano first built their magnificent villa in Sonoma County, named the Villa Fiore. The beautiful, Tuscan-inspired villa is perched on a slight rise and draped in colorful flower beds. It overlooks estate vineyards and serves as both the [...]

Antica

Italians love their wine, and they’re not going to be restrained from drinking it at any opportunity, particularly when the time seems “just about right.” However, they also recognize that their wine is best when served with food. Piero Antinori of the famous Tuscan winemaking house of the same name knows this perhaps better than [...]

Affordable Cabernets

The wine world offers us stupendous Cabernets, from the Medoc on Bordeaux’s west bank to the Mayacamas Mountains in Napa Valley. And after the dawn-to-dusk routine that we affectionately refer to as the “daily grind,” our spirits need – nay, deserve! – a particularly fine Cabernet to shed the weight from our work-worn shoulders. We [...]

Standout Reds from Empson

Recently, we reviewed a bevy of outstanding white wines from Italy that Empson imports to the American market. That was a statement about the quality in whites coming from a country known for its red wines. As good as the whites are – and Empson leads the U.S. import market in proving how good Italian [...]

Merlot Masters

Too many Sideways fans have pushed the debate on wine in the wrong direction. Not that there’s anything wrong with a decent Pinot Noir, but these people have tried to convince the wine-loving public that all Merlot is insipid plonk. Well, maybe some of it is, and that’s the reason this reasoning has gotten traction. [...]

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