David Mahoney

Petite Sirah is just the opposite of its name

Cru Beaujolais hails from one of 10 communes that earned the right to label their wines with their own names.

A summer wine selection

Wine that is less rico, more Soave

150 years—and 31 ways that we changed modern life

Contrary to popular opinion, the rain in Spain doesn’t fall mainly on the plain. A lot of it falls on Rias Baixas, a wine region on the cool and green Galician coast.In a country...

Austria’s best known wine export these days is probably the tongue-twisting “Grüner Veltliner.” However, if you can’t pronounce that (or if, like the Finn who would not take a sauna, it isn’t that you can’t—you simply don’t wanna), don’t write off Austrian white wine. Austria also happens to makes some of the world’s finest Rieslings.

It won’t be long now before white bucks and white wines replace snow mocs and hearty reds. Before we slip into those lazy, hazy days of summer, though, there’s still time to savor a...

A sweet wine for your valentine.

Gewürztraminer’s distinctly floral aroma is often compared to rose petals, but while the wine’s smell might be sweet, its flavor isn’t necessarily so.