Category Archives: Burgundy

Two stunning (though not surprising) chardonnays

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Dave McIntyre

I cut my wine teeth when “ABC,” or anything but chardonnay, was all the rage. This was the golden era of buttery, oaky chards that cried out for “chicken in a cream sauce,” and I found myself gravitating more toward … Continue reading →

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What do wine lovers really want?

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Dave McIntyre

When preparing yesterday’s rant about the current existential dread in the wine industry over the indifference of younger consumers to our favorite tipple, I came across this piece I wrote just more than 10 years ago. It still rings true … Continue reading →

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Wednesday wine recommendations, 8/30/2017

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

Let’s contrast the Old World and the New this week, with pinot noirs from Burgundy and California’s Central Coast, plus rosés from New York and Spain. And just for good measure, an Australian Riesling. *** = Exceptional, ** = Excellent, … Continue reading →

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The resilience of Burgundy

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

Yesterday’s post on two wines from the Drouhin family reminded me of this article I wrote last year for The Washington Post, after visiting Frédéric Drouhin at the family caves in Beaune. I’ve never posted it here before, so ICYMI. Drouhin … Continue reading →

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Drouhin, at home and abroad

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

When entertaining friends who don’t spend an inordinate amount of their time thinking, drinking and writing about wine, I’m sometimes peppered with questions: How did you get into writing about wine? What do you look for in a wine? What … Continue reading →

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Summer Wines with Soul & Substance

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

The weather is unusually pleasant for mid-summer this week in the Washington area, leaving me thinking of warm days and cooler nights, those wonderful “diurnal swings” that supposedly contribute to well-balanced wine. But since the 2014 Virginia and Maryland wines … Continue reading →

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Spicing up your wine life: Explore new frontiers

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

This is the third in my series of New Year’s suggestions for spicing up your wine explorations in 2012: Explore a new wine region. Do you love Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon? Try something different – a cabernet from the Santa … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Roy Cloud’s “To Burgundy and Back Again”

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Dave McIntyre

This is the third in a series of short reviews of wine books worthy of putting under the Christmas tree for the vinophiliac on your list this year. I laughed out loud twice reading the first five pages of Roy … Continue reading →

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Worth reading this week

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Dave McIntyre

In my continuing quest to come up with a regular pattern of posts that can make it easier to keep feeding this blog and also give you readers some consistency about what to expect when you visit, I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Popsicles with #Wine? Anything Goes When It’s This #$*& Hot!

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dave McIntyre

Maybe I was channeling my inner Jose Andres, but when my daughter presented me a mango-smoothie popsicle she’d made with her new Zoku popsicle maker, I immediately wondered how I could use this new toy in a different way. We … Continue reading →

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