Even though many of us associate winemaker Ehren Jordan with his excellent cool-climate Sonoma Coast Pinots, he is no newcomer to Oregon’s Willamette Valley either, as has he has access to some of the northern Willamette’s best vineyards...

This is never an easy wine to make and, stylistically, Langhe Nebb can range from light, juicy and grapy all the way to Barolo in a minor key. The Bagnascos’ falls neatly right in the middle. Coming from their vineyards on the back side of La Morra...

Favorita, for those who like their Italian whites, is the mountain cousin of the Vermentino grape of coastal Liguria, Tuscany and Sardinia. Without the native saltiness so associated with its beach-dwelling relatives, it can seem, in uninspired hands,...