World’s Best Wine Regions August 2017, Features Photo: Old clay pots used for winemaking in Tbilisi, Georgia © DMYTRO LOBODA | DREAMSTIME.COM By Kristy Alpert – August 1, 2017 ONE BY ONE I SLIPPED off my sandals and let my toes sink into the cool, lush lawn that stretched from…
A Sense of Place New Zealand’s landscape is a tantalizing departure for the palate and the soul By KRISTY ALPERT The Awatere Valley from above, where foragers hunted for wild game at Forage 2016. Photo by Kieran Scott I feel the smooth pebbles shift and settle beneath me as I take one more…
Drink This if You Can Find It: 2010 Cloudy Bay Te Wahi Pinot Noir Former D staffer, Kristy Alpert, files this report. The name of this vintage was chosen to evoke a sense of place—Te Wahi literally translates to “our place” in Maori—but the only place you can find this exclusive New…
