by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
We are currently witnessing the arrival of the latest vintages of affordable wines to dealer’s shelves. Many are of them are adorned with labels bearing weird names or strange pictures to attract the casual buyer. A saving grace among this gaggle of weirdoes is La...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Well, we were wrong again. When we first began writing about wines we were under the misguided impression that if a wine showed up that was made from a bunch of different grape varieties it was merely an attempt by vintners to make use of some grapes that they had...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Do you remember actor Fred MacMurray? He was a popular film and TV star of the 50’s and 60’s. When Fred wasn’t acting he followed his dream and became a dedicated rancher. Fred bought an old ranch in Sonoma County California in 1941 and began to work with cattle. The...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Do you believe in magic elixirs? We do. We are not talking about those magic potions dreamed up by alchemists that appear in books, movies and on TV. What we are referring to is a magic elixir that was reserved for kings and emperors on their death beds or served in...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Within the Napa Valley, near the town of St. Helena, lies a little known wine grape growing district known as Spring Mountain. Spring Mountain has been the site of wine grape growing since Civil War times but the region is not favorable to large vineyards because of...
High Vacuum Engineer: Senior Technical Adviser and Feature Writer for Modern Photography Magazine (1967-1973), co-founder of Together Vineyards, an experimental vineyard in South Florida which was the southern most registered vineyard in the Continental United States. Co-Author of several books on Home Wine Making, Home Beer Making and Distillation of Spirits. Co-owner of Camera & Video Repair Institute in Sunrise Florida.