Pity that poor woman standing off by herself, gazing into her wineglass. She's not shy; neither is she looking for gnats. She...

Too much of a good thing. Our bodies have policies. Breaking these policies can have mild to severe results, from the hangover to the cl...

Hear the one about a Frenchman who walks into a bistro and orders a bottle of Coca Cola instead of Bordeaux? It’s not a joke. Consumption ...

It began with champagne, as good things and disasters often do. Laurent-Perrier rose’, to be precise, served in elegant flutes with some c...

Great article and wonderful stories.... chemicals or the molecules of smell (or taste) are not the only things that influence our experien...

How is climate change affecting vineyards? Will growers have to go north and Kamloops, Canada, become the next Napa? Well, i t so happens...

A reader asks how I got interested in wine, a common question often followed by: “Isn’t wine-tasting a marvelous excuse for getting smashe...

Another voice clearly heard from Paso Robles: Austin Hope Winery, 20 miles from the Pacific in the Templeton Gap, offers a worthy antipho...

I painted the horse and my dear friend, graphic designer, Harrison Goldberg, painted the hawk. We were inspired by ancient cave renderings...

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but what about wine? Does cabernet present the same bouquet to every nose? More exactly, doe...

In this the season of the Supreme Court’s least memorable performance I bring you… David Boies. You remember: he successfully argued for the...

We’re in the era of product enhancement, in case you haven’t noticed, including the pretentious punt. That's the indentation in the bott...

Continuing John in Santa Cruz's March 26 discussion: So, do any winemakers today experiment with spicing wine? If so, are any of them an...

No, they're not wine. However... Martinis taste great. Lots of people drink them – even wine lovers - or what passes for martinis. ...

Readers, and Doc Lang: Hey Nose... you now have another Ear. Love how you write! Nancy, Washington DC Thanks, Nance Dear Doc, I know ai...

It’s very… well, red. Red flocked wall paper (ceiling, too, as I remember), red divans, even a red felt pool table in an adjoining spac...

It's spring and you’re looking for a light wine for a pig roast and you see this rose’ called Hogwash, a lovely pink hue conjuring up a...

Thanks, it’s a delight to get the view of the West from the East. Thanks also for the di Rosa piece. I'm pretty sure Doc knows that ...

We sometimes forget that one of the strongest arguments in favor of drinking wine is environmental. Viticulture is agriculture, and vineyard...

The Di Rosa Preserve James Conaway The sheep on that hillside off Highway 28, just north of San Francisco Bay, remind me that...

Dear Doc Lang, The New York Times reports scientific findings that male fruit flies who are sexually inept turn to alcohol more than the one...

I’m often asked for a really good California wine that’s really a bargain, as it should be, the implication being that because it’s made i...

Doc Lang's response to the reader's question below about lead foil on bottles (March 15) is - simplistically - "apparently so....

Doc Lang, what’s up with why vintners persist in wrapping wine corks with lead foil? It’s been long supposed that the downfall of ancient ...

I will revisit the Santa Cruz appellation this summer, but meanwhile some background from my piece in Saveur: One of California's bes...