Classic Wines

Sweet wines, when made well, are some of the most rewarding and intensely-flavored wines on the market. As opposed to the cheaply made wines that were popular in the United States through most of the 50's and 60's, real sweet or dessert wines are as so...

Oregon is one of the most important up-and-coming states for wine-production in the America. It may seem like an odd place for a burgeoning wine industry, what with its reputation as a somewhat soggy and pinetree-covered place, but the fact remains tha...

Notoriously temperamental and difficult to grow, Pinot Noir is nonetheless one of the most highly-regarded and intensely beloved varieties. Pinot Noir, after all, is the variety that is turned into the fabled red Burgundy, where, if the conditions are ...

Anyone who has seen the movie Sideways knows that people who love Pinot Noir feel as passionately about that particular varietal as, say, certain foodies do about Provencal or Piemontese truffles. It has something to do with the subtlety of the wine, w...

The Yarra Valley is found in Victoria, one of the most important wine states in all of Australia. Indeed, this region near Melbourne is home to some of the most charming wines on the continent, including Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, classic varieties par...

Because the climate of Hawke's Bay is so varied depending upon where the grapes are being grown, any number of varieties seem to be able to succeed in this North Island wine region. In general, however, it is fairly cool, so Chardonnay does expectedly ...

Most wine-producing countries have one or two styles of wine that seem to exemplify the character of their national wine culture. For France, it's Bordeaux and Burgundy. For Italy, it's Chianti. And nothing says American wine more emphatically than Cab...

The world-renowned vineyards of Nierstein are found here, and as a result, the Rheinhessen wine region is considered to be the home of the some of the best Rieslings in the world. Indeed, it is not an overstatement to draw the comparison between Nierst...