New wine regions are springing up all over the world, especially in the United States with are extreme variation of soils, climate, and...

Let’s briefly explain the history of the widely-loved blends commonly referred to as a Super-Tuscans. Prior in the seventies, the wine of...

Is there a more perfect pairing in the world than the classic Stilton and Ruby Port? I think not. It’s all there - the brine, the sweet,...

A few years ago, back in 2013, a scientific study was published detailing red wine’s assumed ability to fool anti-doping agencies through a molecule known as quercetin. Quercetin is one of the many phenols attached to red wine’s boastful array of beneficial biochemicals, but as discussed before, the dangers of alcohol to the endocrine system far outweigh the benefits of any bonus phenolic activity red wine may provide apart from its alcoholic content.

This will be the ultimate test of the old saying, “If it grows together it goes together.” Mozzarella di Bufalo is perhaps the most well...

In 2003, in an effort to strengthen Spain’s blossoming wine market, the Government of Spain decided to launch a new vineyard...

Chablis is a different breed of Chardonnay, one difficult to find anywhere else in the world. It’s quintessentially Burgundy in its...

The Rhône valley yields many incredible treasures, both in the North, and South. These food wines are complex, yet are easy to pair,...

The Romans Called it, “The Black Wine of Cahors.” This tooth-staining, tannic, motor-oil is called Côt locally, internationally we call...

Wine is not simple. The drink has been with us for several thousand years, and in that time, it has only grown more complex as farmers...

I just wrote some tasting notes for two fantastic wines I bought at the wine store about a week ago, to do a little comparison. You can...

Climate change has made a large racket in the wine world the past couple of years. Some vintners such as Dom. Dujac in Burgundy are even attempting a carbon neutral operation through the use of new winemaking techniques and upgrades in the winery. Tax breaks, and subsidies under the authority of many governments reward producers generously for taking such initiatives.

Here’s something I don’t get - recurring case orders. It’s astonishing how many people in the area I live do this, especially when the snowbirds come back into town. Instantly on October first it seems like Total Wine is full of people over the age of sixty-five with cases upon cases of the same generic wines.

Sauvignon Blanc when it’s good is one of the easiest, least complicated wines to enjoy. It's the light-lager of wine. In its prime, it's slightly effervescent, with notes of peach, cut grass, granny smith; and even green olive, saline, and pine nut depending on where it’s from.

Why is it that every interesting, high-acid red-producing region is the, Burgundy, of its country. Why must we compare everything to...

A lot of people shop at Trader Joe’s, though you probably already know that. I think I may be one of the only people that doesn’t visit...

It’s time to hear the case. The books are open, and the coffee is stale. The evidence is being prepared, and the defense is on the podium...

The Wedding in Cana is possibly the most famous story about the gift that is wine. For a long while I read this intro passage of John 2,...

So you’re sitting on the patio this evening at the pool in Cancùn waiting on the shrimp skewers you ordered thirty minutes ago. How long...

Let’s discuss pairing soup, without soupy results. The merciful thing when it comes to soup, is that the vast majority of them can be paired quite easily, despite their varying textures. When one really stops to consider how many types of soups are out in the ether, one can come to the conclusion that soups, gazpachos, chowders, and the like, are all texturally different, and this makes a difference when we go to pair them.