From $17 I am writing this in New York just before flying home from a week beating the drum for Wine Grapes , so I have been tasting even more unusual grape varieties than usual....

It seems as though American vignerons were some of the few winners in 2012. See our profile of this one, Jim Law of Linden Vineyards in Virginia. See also Linda Murphy's account of What...

In preparation for a report tomorrow on vintage 2012 in the east coast state of Virginia by Jim Law of Linden Vineyards, I present my tasting notes on the winning wines from this year's Governor's...

See Virginia wine - tasting notes , Sparkling Viognier at Horton Vineyards and this video . Rutger de Vink is a young man blessed with a memorable name, and considerable funds...

See also Virginia - the tasting notes , Sparkling Viognier at Horton Vineyards , this video  and my more detailed article this Saturday. Wine enjoys an exceptional level of...

See also Virginia wine - first impressions , Sparkling Viognier at Horton Vineyards , this video and Virginia's new star . One great bonus of my trip to the (American) Wine...

The Champenois are no strangers to California, having in the 1980s established Domaine Chandon, Mumm Napa and Domaine Carneros in Napa Valley, Roederer Estate in Mendocino County, and the defunct...

The American state of Virginia has played an important part in the history of wine. It was here that the third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson experimented with viticulture, and...

You may remember in my most recent survey of Oregon Pinots just how impressed I was by the Lemelson wines which were made by Canadian Thomas Bachelder. He has now returned...

Barbera has been well and truly rehabilitated in Piedmont, north-west Italy, over the last decade. Now there are signs that Albarossa, a crossing of Nebbiolo and Barbera, will become more widely...

April is a transitional month. We wrap up our cellar work at Linden Vineyards, bottle the fresher aromatic whites, and take inventory of any vineyard maintenance problems that now need our...

Jim Law brings us this monthly report from Linden Vineyards in Virginia. March brings the awakening. We sense an upward thrust coming from the warming soil. Crocuses are the...

Continuing our series written by Jim Law of Linden Vineyards, Virginia (in green in the picture). In the vineyard Finally, after several years of mild winters, we have had a...

Jim Law of Linden Vineyards in Virginia sends this report of northern hemisphere activities this month. In the vineyard January is a month of rest for the vines and the...

Jim Law, author of this 2012 vintage report , is the owner, or 'winegrower' as he styles himself, of the admired Linden Vineyards in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains 60 miles west of Washington...