Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of Vinography Unboxed, where I highlight some of the better bottles that have crossed my doorstep recently. This past week included a bunch of fancy Portuguese wines as well as a couple of …

On January 4, 2013, the World Health Organization announced, “No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.” It was published as a statement in The Lancet Public Health: “when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount that does not affect health.” Well, I missed that announcement for many, many months. […] The post The Neo-Prohibitionism …

Stories of appellations and wine regions hamstrung by their commercial success abound. A boom in popularity can sometimes come at the cost of diversity – both stylistic and viticultural – and identity. Perhaps this could have been said of Vinho Verde in the late 1990s, when its off-dry, fruit-driven, slightly fizzy iterations were ubiquitous. Not so today. The northwestern corner …

A stunning white, aromatic and supple, with wild fennel, quince, pear and green papaya flavors on a creamy frame. Aromatic details of mango and honeysuckle, with a whiff of flint, emerge on the finish, which just goes on and on. Drink now. 700 cases imported. Source : 17afa38c0a204cbb72be8a157f2e6d34

While I’m trained as a photographer, I’m not a professional photographer, which is to say people don’t pay me for photos. As a result, I’m not out chasing perfect conditions, waiting for the sunrise, or arranging my schedule around Golden Hour (not to mention lugging around multiple lenses and SLR bodies). But sometimes I get lucky, as I did with …