by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
It took the French several hundreds of years to determine what grape made the best wine if they were grown in a certain locations. The cabernet sauvignon and merlot reigned supreme in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France while pinot noir and its white cousin the...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
We have spent countless years downplaying the wines of Spain because they had never lived up to their potential. The “Great Wine Blight,†the almost total destruction of the vineyards of Europe in the 1860’s by a small bug, Philloxera, resulted in the migration...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
April showers bring May flowers. Ok, we know that the statement isn’t always true; it all depends on the whims and fancies of the gods of weather. What is sure is the month of June always brings weddings and weddings always bring celebrations and celebrations always...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
For many years now, just before Passover, we have written about the kosher wines that are available for people of the Jewish faith. Passover and wine are integrally wrapped around each other with wine playing an important part of the Passover celebration meal called a...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
It has been a long time since Italian wines were the vogue. Their time was the 1960’s when Chianti was king. Every bistro, pizzeria and college dorm room had the ever present straw covered Chianti bottle as a candle holder, resplendent with multicolored melted wax...