Producer Profiles

California's Latest Immortal Beloved

How do you build on a 100-point Parker review? You try to go one better.

W. Blake Gray · Friday, 11-May-2018
Magazine California's Latest Immortal Beloved

Broadway Money Moves Napa Westward

The man behind a musical smash is changing the rules in wine country.

W. Blake Gray · Monday, 26-Mar-2018
Magazine Broadway Money Moves Napa Westward

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Vietti

The producer is in the heart of Barolo, but is perhaps best known for one of its white wines.

Tom Hyland · Thursday, 21-Dec-2017
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Vietti

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Louis Jadot

The famous Burgundy producer is very excited about the 2017 vintage, Tom Hyland reports.

Tom Hyland · Friday, 15-Dec-2017
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Louis Jadot

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Ducru-Beaucaillou

The Saint-Julien second growth's roots run deep, Tom Hyland reports.

Tom Hyland · Friday, 17-Nov-2017
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Ducru-Beaucaillou

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Domaines Ott

The famous Provence producer's story is one of determination, grit, and donkeys, Caroline Henry reports.

Caroline Henry · Saturday, 28-Oct-2017
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Domaines Ott

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Cloudy Bay

The winery that spearheaded Marlborough's Sauvignon Blanc campaign is subtly changing its established order.

David Allen · Thursday, 31-Aug-2017
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Cloudy Bay

Chamboulé Chardonnay Takes to the Air

A Canadian natural wine enthusiast is making waves in California, with wines that improve the longer they are open.

W. Blake Gray · Monday, 14-Aug-2017
Magazine Chamboulé Chardonnay Takes to the Air

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Charles Heidsieck

The underrated producer ignored Russia to become the first to crack the US market, James Lawrence discovers.

James Lawrence · Monday, 15-Feb-2016
Magazine 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Charles Heidsieck

Getting Cabernet Down to a Science at Far Niente

W. Blake Gray finds a Californian winery that's more interested in science than it is in tradition.

W. Blake Gray · Monday, 19-Oct-2015
Magazine Getting Cabernet Down to a Science at Far Niente

Duckhorn Puts Muscles on its Femininity

The Napa winery finds power in Merlot and finesse in Cabernet.

W. Blake Gray · Saturday, 01-Aug-2015
Magazine Duckhorn Puts Muscles on its Femininity

Murphy-Goode Winemaker Ready to Rock

Andrew Chalk talks to the man behind Murphy-Goode's wines about reds and rock 'n' roll.

Wine-Searcher staff · Monday, 20-Jul-2015
Magazine Murphy-Goode Winemaker Ready to Rock

Beaulieu Vineyard Reliving Past Glories

The company's flagship wine still echoes those made during California's golden age.

W. Blake Gray · Thursday, 16-Jul-2015
Magazine Beaulieu Vineyard Reliving Past Glories

Allegrini – Changing the Face of Amarone

W. Blake Gray meets the woman who easily filled her father's big shoes.

W. Blake Gray · Monday, 13-Jul-2015
Magazine Allegrini – Changing the Face of Amarone

Gravner Takes the Selfish Approach to Wine

Meet the Italian winemaker who really – really – doesn't care what you think of his wines.

Adam Lechmere · Saturday, 20-Jun-2015
Magazine Gravner Takes the Selfish Approach to Wine

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Wynns Coonawarra Estate

How a Polish emigrant and a Scottish settler created an Australian icon.

Jane Faulkner · Tuesday, 16-Jun-2015
Magazine 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Wynns Coonawarra Estate

Pieropan's Soave Superiority Complex

Frustrated with official Soave rules, Pieropan has plowed its own furrow, W. Blake Gray discovers.

W. Blake Gray · Friday, 12-Jun-2015
Magazine Pieropan's Soave Superiority Complex

Getting Serious About Soave

In the second of our features on Soave, W. Blake Gray gets to grips with Inama.

W. Blake Gray · Wednesday, 03-Jun-2015
Magazine Getting Serious About Soave

Breaking up the Family for Better Wines

Roberto Anselmi forced his own father to quit the family business in order to improve the wines.

W. Blake Gray · Tuesday, 26-May-2015
Magazine Breaking up the Family for Better Wines

Glaetzer Versus Glaetzer

One successful winemaker in the family is usually plenty, but this Australian clan doesn't do things by half.

Jane Faulkner · Thursday, 14-May-2015
Magazine Glaetzer Versus Glaetzer

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Pol Roger

Proud and stubborn in the face of aggression, it's no wonder Winston Churchill was such a fan of the Champagne house.

Caroline Henry · Thursday, 07-May-2015
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Pol Roger

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Dominio de Pingus

Spain's first cult wine of the modern age, Dominio de Pingus actually owes its origins to a Danish cartoon, James Lawrence discovers.

James Lawrence · Friday, 01-May-2015
Magazine 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Dominio de Pingus

The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Fonseca

As Fonseca declares the 2013 vintage, we look back on 200 years of one of Port's great houses.

Sarah Ahmed · Friday, 24-Apr-2015
Magazine The Busy Wine Lover's Guide to Fonseca

Herr 300 Points: Markus Molitor

The Mosel winemaker with the magic touch has been derided by colleagues, but he's having the last laugh.

Stuart Pigott · Thursday, 16-Apr-2015
Magazine Herr 300 Points: Markus Molitor

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About d'Arenberg

The man behind the winery drives his marketing people crazy, but his wines are the stuff of legend.

Jane Faulkner · Thursday, 09-Apr-2015
Magazine 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About d'Arenberg

No Brakes on the Rise of Cakebread

How an Oakland garage owner's "dumb investment" turned into one of America's favorite wines.

W. Blake Gray · Wednesday, 18-Mar-2015
Magazine No Brakes on the Rise of Cakebread

Leonetti: Washington's First Cult Cabernet

They may have started in the outhouse, but the Figgins family's wines are definitely in the penthouse now.

W. Blake Gray · Wednesday, 11-Mar-2015
Magazine Leonetti: Washington's First Cult Cabernet
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