On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an archaeological site named for a mound roughly in the shape of a horseshoe, or ...

winemakers buffer it with oak and wrap it with low-acidity blending grapes such as Marsanne. Donkey & Goat’s 2011 “Stone Crusher” is the rare Roussanne let off the leash. The wine attacks ...