When discussing Corie Brown's article on Argentina, the high cost of Paul Hobbs' highly rated wines came up. The subject is broached again in the San Francisco Chronicle by the ...

The NYT's Frank Prial wrote a good article outlining the impact of the new vintage rules (that we opposed earlier!) that just kicked in. He made great points about the ...

As we have discussed before, the EU has signed (or is signing) wine agreements with both Australia and the US. Yet the differences in the agreements tell a lot about ...

We always talk about the failure of the US and other countries to protect the names of distinct locations. At the very least they do so in a manner that ...

On rereading my last post, I was struck at the disparity of wine trade around the world. Australia exports $3 billion in wine to the EU. The EU exported $2.3 ...

In a statement similar to those of my child (he is all about what is big, bigger and biggest), Jon Fredrikson proclaims that the US wine market is in very ...

You've got to love the web page created by winemakers opposed to a plan to run a highway through one of Bordeaux's most famous appellations. In French and English....

You will remember the small brouhaha about the Wine Institute's request to weaken US vintage dating rules a few months ago. Well, Tuesday brought word that TTB fulfilled the Wine ...

Been out of touch... Lots of travel... Lots of work. Noticed that Larmandier-Bernier, a great terroir focused Champagne, has switched US importers/distributors from Terry Theise to Dressner. Don´t have any ...

Seems like Dr. Vino and Vineography visited Argentina in the last week and enjoyed themselves a great deal. As we found, this country and its wines really are exciting. Dr. ...