As the outsized, fruit-bomb style of Australian red wine continues to fall from favor with American wine lovers, an unfortunate side-effect is that many consumers are lumping all Australian red wines into that category. This is ironic because prior to th

People nowadays talk a lot about how Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone wines, and big Napa Valley reds are increasingly being made with considerable early appeal. Do you feel pressured to make your most expensive bottlings flashy or immediately accessible? Will

Based on your own personal wine-drinking experience in recent years, what do you consider to be the most undervalued (underrated, underpriced) category of wines in the world, and why? (And don’t hesitate to name a few specific examples of the category th

What vintage during your career has most exceeded the early expectations of critics, consumers and perhaps you yourself. And, in retrospect, what was it about the vintage that people missed, or misunderstood, at the beginning? Klaus Peter Keller, Weingu