In radio personality Garrison Keillor’s fictional town of Lake Wobegon, a running joke is that all the children are above average. Of course, that’s not possible, because for some children to be above ...

It’s good to have readers. And this past week, there were more than a few reader responses to this column’s look at what goes into rating wines. To review, I suggested that there is, in my opinion, an ...

“We know how to make wines that will get higher Parker ratings, but we want to stay faithful to the terroir.” — Marie-Hélene Dussech, Commercial Director, Château Brane-Cantenac. After almost 40 years ...

Is a $3 bottle of wine worth drinking? Yes, if it's Trader Joe's Charles Shaw merlot. Charles Shaw beat far pricier merlots when our experts recently tasted dozens of malbecs, merlots, and pinot noirs ...

The human palate is arguably the weakest of the five traditional senses. This raises an important question regarding wine tasting: is it bullshit, or is it complete ...

NPR's John McChesney reports that wine ratings may be more subjective than you think. The two most influential wine magazines use a 100-point scale to evaluate wines, and these numbers often end up in ...