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The GSM Blend — What Actually Matters About These Three Grapes
Wine blends are relationships. And like most relationships, the interesting ones aren't about any single participant — they're about what happens between them. The GSM blend is one of the most elegant examples of this in the wine world. Grenache, Syrah, and...
The Rhône Valley — Where Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre Come Home
There is a castle on a hill above Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Or what remains of one. The tower is partial now — the rest carried off over centuries for building stone — but from the top you can see most of what matters: the Rhône below, pale and wide; the garrigue-covered...
Roast Lamb & Burgundy Pinot Noir: Your Easter Table, Planned
Easter Sunday is in three days. If you are planning a roast lamb, today is the day to think about what goes in the glass alongside it. Not because wine is the point of Easter, but because the right bottle — opened at the right temperature, poured at the right...
Pinot Noir: The Grape That Demands Respect
Pinot Noir is the most difficult major red grape in the world to grow. This is not a provocation. It is a well-established viticultural fact. Pinot Noir is thin-skinned and therefore vulnerable to frost, rot, and disease. It buds early, which exposes it to...
Burgundy Pinot Noir: The Red Side of the Greatest Wine Region on Earth
We are spending three weeks in Burgundy — the region, the white wines, the Chardonnay map from Chablis to Côte de Beaune. This week we turn to the red side. One grape. One region. A range that extends from approachable, honest, genuinely affordable wines to some of...
Mâcon & Spring Fish: A Pairing for the Season
There is a moment in early spring when the food on the table starts to change. The braises and the root vegetables and the things that sustained you through winter begin to feel like too much. What the season is asking for instead is something lighter,...
Chardonnay’s Full Range: From Chablis to Côte de Beaune
Last week, Chablis. Last Sunday, Mâcon. The same grape. The same region, technically. Almost nothing else in common. This is the Chardonnay education — and it is one of the most useful frameworks in wine. Once you understand what makes these two expressions so...
Mâcon: Where Chardonnay Becomes Generous
Last week: Chablis. Cool, mineral, unoaked, austere. The kind of wine that asks something of you before it gives anything back. This week: Mâcon. The other end of the White Burgundy conversation. Mâcon sits in the southernmost white wine district of Burgundy,...
Chablis & Crab Legs: When the Wine and the Sea Find Each Other
Last week was celebratory. Green beer, corned beef, the particular warmth of a holiday table that asks nothing of you except to show up and enjoy it. This week we slow down. We pour something cool and mineral and precise, and we pair it with something from the...
Chardonnay: The Foundation Grape, and Why Chablis Is Only the Beginning
Chardonnay is the most malleable white grape in the world. This is both its gift and the source of considerable confusion. A Chablis and a Napa Valley Chardonnay can be so different in colour, aroma, texture, and flavour that tasting them side by side without knowing...
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