by Ben Bodenstein | California Wines, Red Wines, Reviews, White Wines
The war goes on in its full force and fury, as it has for centuries. Thank goodness that it is not a shooting war, but a war of opinions. The war is to determine who makes the better wines, the historical wine homeland of France or the modern upstart of California....
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
For centuries, France ruled the roost in the wine department and it was the French Champagnes that were the best known, most costly and sought after. So opulent were the wines that the czars and royalty of pre-revolution Russia ordered that Champagne sent to them...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There are few certainties in life and even fewer in the wine industry. There is however one wine certainty that cannot be denied and that is the name Robert Mondavi will not be found on wine that is not worth more than its price whether it be the affordable Robert...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
OK, we are at it again with the Pinot Noirs. This time it is about Pinot Noir wines made in places other than France or the United States. We will try to pick out the different characteristics of the wines that identifies that they are not domestic and have individual...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
One of the really great things about wines is that there is always a fresh vintage available to sample. In the Northern Hemisphere, when the grapes are just beginning to flower and the previous year’s wines are quietly resting in casks, the Southern Hemisphere...
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.