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Home Cellar Part 2: Red Wines Jun. 11, 2024
Creating a cache of wines for a private cellar is a task rarely seen in this country today, although... Read More
Home Cellar Part 1: White Wines Jun. 04, 2024
If you appreciate wine, you probably go to retail wine stores each time you need a bottle or two for... Read More
Wine Aromas May. 21, 2024
Baseball aficionados would tell you that 60% of the game is about pitching; others would say that pi... Read More
Wine Weakness May. 14, 2024
The California wine business is undergoing a severe crisis based on consumers' changing drinking hab... Read More
Dining Out Woes May. 07, 2024
Food prices have risen in the last year, causing a cataclysmic decline in dining out. This is having... Read More
Wine-Food Pairing Apr. 30, 2024
I was reviewing a classic Mandarin restaurant some years ago and was amazed at what I saw. The resta... Read More
Alcohol and Acid Apr. 23, 2024
Facing a wall of wine bottles in a store can be daunting since we don't know what kind of wine we're... Read More
Lesser-Known White Wines Apr. 16, 2024
Quality white wines are a relatively new development in the wine world, and this category is really ... Read More
Buying From the Net Apr. 09, 2024
Most people buy wine conventionally: They go to a supermarket or a package store and peruse the shel... Read More
Lower Alcohols Apr. 02, 2024
Wine is a simple beverage, primarily composed of the juice from grapes; the alcohol comes from the s... Read More
The Bloom Is off the Rose Mar. 26, 2024
Rose wine has always intrigued me for many different reasons, so I never take it for granted. When i... Read More
Complexity in Wine Mar. 19, 2024
Describing wine isn't easy. Casual wine lovers usually start with, "This stuff tastes good," or "It'... Read More
Ordering Wine Mar. 12, 2024
Most Americans who dine out regularly know something about wine, but usually it's just enough to pla... Read More
Aging Wine Feb. 27, 2024
Twenty years ago, one of the questions I got asked most was, "How long do you think this wine will a... Read More
Lower Alcohol Wines Feb. 21, 2024
Any definition you can find of the word "wine" also includes the word "alcohol." This includes wines... Read More
Wine Waiters Feb. 13, 2024
The dynamic between a wine waiter and a patron in a restaurant depends on whether it's an upscale co... Read More
Delicate White Wines Feb. 06, 2024
Just 40 years ago, wine was a kind of hit-or-miss beverage. But times change, and today almost every... Read More
Loire Valley Reds Jan. 30, 2024
Most U.S. wine drinkers prefer their red wines to be kind of soft, slightly sweet or at least not pa... Read More
No-Lo Is a Thing Jan. 23, 2024
I've been railing against higher-alcohol wines since they began appearing widely in this country in ... Read More
