Any vintage chart is a very general guide to quality and nothing is a better judge of quality than your palate. Where possible, taste before you buy -- and there's certainly no place better to do ...

Staring at the vintage chart in the February issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine, my eyes began to blur. Red, purple, green, orange and blue squares merged into a vinous Rorschach test challenging ...

and evidence can be found in wines made from Aglianico that can be aged for 30 years, as with Taurasi or with examples meant for consumption within seven to ten years of the vintage. Here are just ...

Jesse Calderon has a great question about how I arrive at vintage chart ratings. I'm sure my colleagues will be glad to share their thoughts on this subject as well, since we all have our own ways of ...

When it comes to high-end wine, not all years are created equal. A bottle of Bordeaux from 2010 may have marked complexity, while the same label from 2013 may fall short. This variation is where ...