WineCompass

During the Hudson Valley Taste Camp from several years ago, Clearwater Vineyard  poured perhaps the best Noiret wine I had ever tasted. This...

After a couple years off we attended the 2021 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival which is one of the liveliest festivals. He...

"Plavac Mali is used to craft some of the finest Croatian red wines, especially when it comes from the barren, steep southern slopes of...

During our August trip to the Salento Peninsula, our hosts organized a tour and tasting at Cantine Cantele , one of the most well-known wine...

Vermentino is a white wine grape grown in various locations, and under various names, around the western Mediterranean -- most notably in no...

One of the most eventful excursions during our three-week European vacation was a tour of Terra Madre Winery led by oenologist Marko Šuman ...

The  Brindisi DOC is a sub-region in Puglia that was created in 1979 and dedicated primarily to the production of Negroamaro wines. Yet the...

Germanic descendants of the Tili family have been farming the hills of Assisi since the 12th century. They came to the area after fighting f...

Was there any doubt that I wasn't going to purchase the  Padre Peppe Elixir  ($20) when I saw it in the DM grocery store? This walnut l...

In a previous Grape Spotlight, we highlighted Hungarian  Somlo Olaszrizling , a synonym of Welschriesling.  In reality, Welschriesling shoul...

In 1989 Jean-Michel Naud established the Distillerie de la Tour and the  Famille Naud  brand based out of a family distillery that had been...

"The first records of Pušipel originate from the first half of the 19th century when it was mentioned in the vineyards in the village D...

Having long played a second fiddle to Chardonnay, Bourgogne’s other white grape, Aligoté, is finally getting its due! As winemakers and grow...

Umbria is located at the very heart of the Italian Peninsula and is the only Italian region without a coastline or international border.  In...

I was searching for a Tequila for our George's Margarita Mix and purchased a bottle of the  Teremana Tequila  Reposado  ($29.99) primar...

It's been fascinating to read the history of Puglia and the Salento peninsula with the constant state of occupation and settlement throu...

I'm not a flavored coffee drinker, but I received samples of spirit-infused coffee from  Fire Department Coffee  -- part of their  Spiri...

"When I came to America in August 1958, I saw vineyards around Chateau Souverain and I was interested to know which grapes were grown t...