German Wine Maps
By Maggie Scudder
As the grand finale for Riesling week, we're delighted to share our wine maps of Germany and the Mosel.
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A Simple Guide to German Riesling: Flatiron Wines’ German Riesling 101
By Jeff Patten
What is Riesling? Riesling is a noble white grape that makes aromatic white wines. Riesling grapes make a huge range of still, white wines ranging from bone-dry to unctuously sweet....
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Where to Search for your Reasonable Cellar in 2019
By Jeff Patten
While shopping for your Reasonable Cellar does not involve the painful process of chasing scarce allocations, it does allow for the fun of figuring out what exactly makes good, cellar-worthy values....
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The Return of the Reasonable Cellar
By Jeff Patten
Around the beginning of each year, we love to remind our customers and readers that maintaining a wine cellar doesn’t have to be an extravagance. You don’t have to spend tons...
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A Beginner's Guide to Greek Wine
By Joshua Cohen
Don’t forget the weather: sunny and dry. Greece enjoys an incredibly high annual number of sun hours, a feature that not only attracts German tourists but also makes it possible...
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Intro to South Australia
By Jeff Patten
When talking about wine growing in South Australia, I think it's important to reiterate that this is a cool-climate wine growing region. My days there were on average about 14...
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Top 5 Reasons to drink Cru Bourgeois
By Jeff Patten
I want to give you five reasons to look beyond Bordeaux' Grand Cru Classé–more specifically, five reasons to look at the Cru Bourgeois wines for delicious values that do everything...
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Aglianico: An FAQ
By Jeff Patten
What is Aglianico? Aglianico is a grape variety grown in Southern Italy, mostly in Campania and Bascilicata. Most experts consider Aglianico to be one of Italy's "noble" varieties, alongside Sangiovese...
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Cru Bourgeois 101
By Jeff Patten
If you love wine, especially Bordeaux, you need to pay special attention to this category. It provides some of the very best values in the world for red wines in...
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Don't miss out on the 2014 Red Burgundy Vintage!
By Jeff Patten
2014 was one of those rare vintages in Burgundy that was equally good for red and white wines. Most of the hyperbole was directed to the fantastic quality of the...
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A Brief History of Chateauneuf-du-Pape
By Jeff Patten
...in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, there was a castle that the pope lived in. In the 14th century a castle was built on the hill over the village. This was during the Avignon...
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Sauvignon Blanc FAQ's
By Jeff Patten
What is Sauvignon Blanc? It is a white wine grape variety. It's "home" is in the Loire Valley, but it is one of the French grapes, like Chardonnay, that has...
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Barbaresco & Barolo: Top 5 Differences
By Jeff Patten
They are both made 100% from Nebbiolo grown in the Langhe. But Barolo and Barbaresco are clearly not the same wine. What's the difference? The easy answer is the legal...
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