As Doug Paulding, our resident Dionysus, has discovered, “in these Covid times, all purveyors of wine have had to reinvent themselves to some degree and introduce new buying concepts.” But then the wine industry has long been a sophisticated one.
Far Niente, a producer of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay based in Oakville, (Napa) California, proves you can judge a wine by its label.
Wine & Dine columnist Doug Paulding finds that Masi Amarone and Divine Chocolate make a smooth pairing.
Sample this trio of sherries for a winter glow.
It’s a tough job but someone had to sample lots of clear and brown liquors for a new “Spirits Tasting Journal” (Peter Pauper Press). Fortunately, WAG’s Wine & Dine columnist Doug Paulding was up to the task and now out with the new book.
Marriages come and go. But Champagnes, like those of Maison Lanson, are forever.
If you want to learn about food and wine in an entertaining setting while driving, exercising or cooking dinner, David Ransom and Melanie Young’s internet radio show “The Connected Table” is the place.
Even wine-tasting can be numbing when you have to judge it precisely, as Wine & Dine columnist Doug Paulding discovered recently at the Amateur Home Wine Maker Competition. But it was one way to meet new vintages – and new people.
In these COVID-crazy times, the wine world is reinventing itself, like everyone and everything else. And the Wines of Alentejo, representing southern Portugal, is no exception.
Our resident Dionysus, Wine & Dine columnist Doug Paulding, gets creative with an exploration of malt whiskeys at Total Wines in Nowalk.
Doug Paulding, WAG’s resident Dionysus, explains how to take the plunge into making wine at home.
Eager to help the struggling Italian economy? Buy some of the delicious wines from Umbria.
Child refugees, Nicolaus and Gaby Hahn have created a winemaking empire on California’s Central Coast.
I have never found climate change deniers in the world of wine, because they are living it and are seeing it in their daily experiences in the vineyard.
WAG’s resident Dionysus, Doug Paulding, is just back from southwestern France, where he discovered Armagnac is not Cognac’s rustic cousin but an elegant brandy with a multifaceted flavor and quality all its own.
Elden Selections, in the heart of Burgundy, makes choosing Burgundies a breeze.
Spain has several established and supported routes throughout the country designed to direct oenophiles into wine regions and to wineries, where they will be enthusiastically welcomed for a tour and tasting and perhaps food.
Making wine in Austria’s ravishingly rocky Wachau region is a bit like planting vineyards on Manhattan isle. But Domäne Wachau has managed to produce some very gneiss, er, nice wines.
Doug Paulding follows up his “Wine Tasting Journal” (Peter Pauper Press) with a “Spirits Tasting Journal” early next year. So what better way to announce it than with a column on whiskey, er, whisky, which is having another moment.
Emilien – through his birth right, through his diligence, through his education and through his passion –has landed himself in the very enviable position of chef de caves (cellar master) of a major Champagne house at a tender young age.