It’s a pattern that’s repeated time and again. A hot, sun-drenched summer and the mainstream press trumpets the next great vintage virtually before the grapes are picked. Prices almost invariably rise as casual wine lovers stampede to purchase the wines.

Can you name a particular winemaker who has had the most influence on your own winemaking vision, style and techniques, and why? Or, is there a particular wine that made you say, “I want to make something like that.” Not exactly like that, as in a copy,

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

A common lament of fans (like me) of bracing, mineral-driven white wines is that dry European rieslings—namely, wines from Alsace, Germany and Austria—have become increasingly difficult to find in the U.S. While some fine European examples, notably Austr