Everything tastes better after a break.

I took a pause from reviewing wines in January for the first time in over a year. It was much needed. While I only originally took the break to clear my head, I ended up needing sinus surgery, which basically meant I couldn’t drink wine for the entire month anyway (though I made a few exceptions while filming my ...

Notes on the Rhône, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, the Loire – and beyond.

When I started this little wine-reviewing experiment in January, I really had no idea where it would take me. Now, wrapping the last one of the year, I admittedly have mixed feelings. Some months, I was so short on time that I actively avoided opening a new-to-me bot...

A small but mighty round-up and the launch of my limited-edition wine club.

Every year, I get to November and lose it just a little bit. It feels like everything goes a tiny bit wrong – I accidentally post Carousels with typos, I wake up feeling a little off, my stomach can’t cope with the most random things, my sleep schedules lose their consi...

The month the Loire Valley took center stage on my palate – even as Champagne took over NYC.

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,” wrote L.M. Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables. And really, with fall foliage, pumpkin patches, and apple picking, I agree. But the reality is that October is often more busy than it is b...

The final sips of summer 2025.

A sweeping view of Nice from the Colline du Château on a drizzly Monday morning.

The term “la rentrée” was initially created to refer to that time of year when the kids go back to school. In France, this is usually early-mid September, depending on the calendar. But in the last couple of decades, its mean...