http://blogs.wsj.com/wine Incisive criticism and accessible advice on the world of wine Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:15:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 copyright © 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. http://online.wsj.com/img/wsj_sm_logo.gif http://online.wsj.com/ http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/04/will-bordeaux-2011-be-remembered-for-its-whites/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/04/will-bordeaux-2011-be-remembered-for-its-whites/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:42:37 +0000 Will Lyons http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2091 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/04/will-bordeaux-2011-be-remembered-for-its-whites/feed/ 2 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/03/pomerol-2011-a-first-taste/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/03/pomerol-2011-a-first-taste/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:06:04 +0000 Will Lyons http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2090 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/03/pomerol-2011-a-first-taste/feed/ 0 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/02/bordeaux-prices-falls-expected/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/02/bordeaux-prices-falls-expected/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:40:06 +0000 Will Lyons http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2088 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/04/02/bordeaux-prices-falls-expected/feed/ 0 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/27/lebanese-wines-from-chateau-musar/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/27/lebanese-wines-from-chateau-musar/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:21:39 +0000 Jay McInerney http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2086

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Carla Rzeszewski and Serge Hochar

Food and wine pairing is always a tricky business, but somehow I suspected that the wines of Serge Hochar and the cooking of April Bloomfield would make a perfect match. Bloomfield’s cooking is earthy and elemental, characterized by intense flavors and quirky in the best sense, always surprising us somehow, and much the same could be said about the wines of Chateau Musar, the Lebanese winery founded by Serge’s father Gaston Hochar in 1930. Last night Hochar was at the Spotted Pig hosting a dinner that featured some of the most original and eccentric reds, whites and roses that I’ve ever tasted.]]> http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/27/lebanese-wines-from-chateau-musar/feed/ 3 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/16/sampling-sauvignon-blanc/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/16/sampling-sauvignon-blanc/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:39:04 +0000 Lettie Teague http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2085 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/16/sampling-sauvignon-blanc/feed/ 1 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/14/riesling-is-beloved-but-lemberger-is-on-the-rise/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/14/riesling-is-beloved-but-lemberger-is-on-the-rise/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:03:41 +0000 Lettie Teague http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2083

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Dan Mitchell of Fox Run Vineyard.

Winemakers from the Finger Lakes region in New York know how to produce – and promote – Riesling. It’s the grape they all talk about though they grow many others including Gewurztraminer, one of my favorite Finger Lakes-grown-grapes. I was surprised and delighted when I stopped by to taste the Fox Run Vineyard wines at New York Drinks New York (an event at Astor Wines) this week and vineyard manager Dan Mitchell actually wanted to talk about Lemberger instead. It’s a red grape that’s currently taking New York by storm, according to Mr. Mitchell. “We can’t keep it in stock.”]]> http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/14/riesling-is-beloved-but-lemberger-is-on-the-rise/feed/ 2 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/09/the-rise-and-fall-of-wines-from-oz/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/09/the-rise-and-fall-of-wines-from-oz/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:04:54 +0000 Lettie Teague http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2080

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Chardonnay grapes at a vineyard near Melbourne.

The rise and fall of Australian Shiraz has been one of the more dramatic stories in the wine business in the past several years. And there aren’t many bright spots ahead- at least not yet. Sales are still down by a considerable margin (save for a few pockets of growth) and wines from heralded producers like Jeffrey Grosset are no longer even imported to this country. Entire import companies like Dan Philips’ Grateful Palate have disappeared. Grateful Palate went into receivership about two years ago and Philips himself seems to have vanished.]]> http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/09/the-rise-and-fall-of-wines-from-oz/feed/ 8 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/04/legislative-update-wine-to-be-stored-in-state/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/04/legislative-update-wine-to-be-stored-in-state/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:21:12 +0000 Lettie Teague http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2082 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/03/04/legislative-update-wine-to-be-stored-in-state/feed/ 0 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/29/super-tuscan-seconds/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/29/super-tuscan-seconds/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:23:25 +0000 Jay McInerney http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2075 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/29/super-tuscan-seconds/feed/ 2 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/16/age-worthy-wsj-readers-weigh-in/?mod=WSJBlog http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/16/age-worthy-wsj-readers-weigh-in/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:07:04 +0000 Lettie Teague http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/?p=2071 http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/02/16/age-worthy-wsj-readers-weigh-in/feed/ 5