by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There are rules as to the locations for growing wine grapes that are most specific. Growers must take into consideration temperature, both day and night, air moisture, wind, soil, and insects. In the Bordeaux region of Southeastern France it has been found over...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
We are all aware of the huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile a few weeks ago and the devastation that it wrought. This monster quake not only effected every facet of Chilean life, but it also took a devastating toll on one of Chile’s most important exports,...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Have you ever heard the name Samuel Bronfman? He was a Canadian who, in 1924, started a little company in Montreal called Distillers Corporation. With prohibition only five years old in the United States, the call for alcohol from Canada was insatiable. Since there...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
The latest wine releases from Pepperwood Grove, are now on dealer’s shelves and in restaurants. Pepperwood Grove wines, all of them, are, in our opinion, among the best buys in the wine marketplace today. They represent a well made, full flavored series of wines,...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
This is going to be something unusual for us; a mean spirited column. To begin with, let us set the ground rules. We are wine writers not wine critics. We write about wine in all of its facets and often give our opinions based on over thirty years of experience. These...
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.