by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Wine gurus, commentators, writers and even self styled experts have, for years, sneered at the sweet wines and often refer to them as “cheap, gaudy harlots.†These same sweet wine detractors however, all rave and laud the attributes of Port, Bordeaux’s Sauternes...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Unless you didn’t know it, Thanksgiving is here. This column is to remind our readers of the wine mistakes that can be made at the thanksgiving dinner. The best example is to illustrate a mistake we made several years ago. The third Thursday in November is the time...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
EDITORS NOTE: The eruption of Mount Tambora occurred in 1815 but the effects in the United States and Europe were not felt until the following year, 1816 Well, here we go again with the caveat emptor, “let the buyer beware.†It seems that there is a bit of trouble...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Many years ago, we learned from a magazine art director that the name of a business should say exactly what the business is or does. We suppose that this will also hold true for wines, so we were somewhat taken aback when we came across a wine labeled “Educated...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Before Robert Mondavi came on the scene, the direction of California winemaking was simply “let’s all do what the Frenchies do.†American vintners were all trying to emulate French wines. Robert Mondavi, almost single handedly, led the fight for American wines...
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.