by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
With some of today’s wine prices reaching for the stars, it is good to see that there is still an $8 wine that offers some value. Trinity Oaks makes a complete line of the most popular varieties, all of which are definitely worth their price. The question arises, how...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Winston Churchill’s once described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” a statement that could also be used to describe Italian wines. For years they were a great source of low cost, fairly adequate wine with Chianti being the best known...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Just in the event you haven’t noticed, it’s June, and in spite of all of the storms that have kept us inside for the beginning of the month, there is plenty of sunshine in our future. With June comes the time for marriages, sports events, outdoor parties and gala...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Gallo is a name that has become synonymous with wine the world over. With the end of Prohibition on December 5 1933, the Gallo Brothers, Ernest and Julio, went to a library and took out a pamphlet on making wine and from that simple beginning, a dynasty was born....
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There was a time, in the “way back when” that the finest grapes in California came from the Central Coast’s Edna Valley. The time was trhe early 1800’s And its frame continued until 1919 when the Prohibition Law was enacted. This alcohol restrictive law sounded the...