On my way to the Virginia Wine Experience in London preliminary tasting at Hampden House yesterday, I had a small moment of panic: will this be an afternoon of saying polite things about mediocre wines? After all America’s most famous wine connoisseur, Thomas Jefferson tried for years but failed to produce anything […]

De Long Wine Moment has been selected as the official blogger of the Virginia Wine Experience in London. Accept no imitation!
The event will be held at Vinopolis on 2 May, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Gallery Room. I will attend a preliminary tasting on April 30th and will post my […]

A rare shot of the Salinger-like Jeff Grossman taking notes while simultaneously dodging the continued flashes of the paparazzi.

The Wine Century Club celebrated its second birthday March 18th, 2007 in at an undisclosed location in New York City.
This secretive and elite club currently has 211 members from 16 countries worldwide: Australia, Bahamas, Brasil, Canada, […]

This article appearded in the February/March 2007 edition of Connections Magazine (Ireland)
There can’t be a more misunderstood type of wine than Sherry. People tend to lump all of its different styles into one group, usually associating the whole lot with Harvey’s Bristol Cream, a sweet brown stodgy drink that was (and still is in […]

If a wine shouts in the forest does anyone hear it? In the din of the global wine glut only the loudest, boldest, most shameless and outrageous can be heard.
2006’s Most Outrageous Wine will be decided by a poll at the end of this article. If possible, please take a moment out […]

This article appeared in the December 2006 edition of Connections Magazine (Ireland)
Pernod Ricard recently announced the creation of the world’s most expensive champagne. At $1,300 per bottle, it makes Cristal, Krug and Dom Perignon seem decidedly down market. Big Deal. Unless you’re a Russian Oligarch, rap star or reading this on your private jet, you’re […]

In this article we grapple with two eternal dilemmas: what holiday gift to get people who really like wine and what to call people who really like wine. For added holiday cheer there is a fun poll, a quiz and free prizes at the end.
It’s always a little tricky to buy gifts for people […]

This is the time of the year when everyone asks the eternal holiday question: what wine goes with turkey? Since this subject has already been covered exhaustively and excellently here, here and here, let’s instead have some fun pairing wine with some traditional delicacies from Britain. If you’re reading this in […]

If you don’t watch a lot of TV you may have never heard of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, where old jalopies are transformed during the course of the program into tricked-out dream cars for their respective owners. It’s a bit like Extreme Makeover except for cars.
And if you haven’t been hangin’ ’round […]

Here we track down and taste a 1953 Leoville Barton St. Julien, a 1959 Huet Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec Vouvray and a 1971 Schloss Reinhartshausen Hattenheimer Rheingau Spatlese.

“We will sell no wine before its time.”
The allure of fine old wines has been around long before Orsen Wells uttered those immortal words for Paul Masson. […]