by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
How about the real thing; at least in wines. There is no one who will question that California makes some of the best wines in the world. The operative word there is world. Few, if any of our indigenous grapes are made into wine. For some reason they develop an off...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
With our constant complaining about the quality and types of labels consumers are exposed to, we now report that wine labeling has hit a new plateau; labeling the bottle with the identification number of the specific grape clones used to make the wine along with the...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Every year, the celebration of Halloween seems to be getting bigger and bigger. We all know of the kids celebrations, with trick or treat and going to large gatherings at malls, schools an churches in costume, but besides these events for children, adults are holding...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Cannonball; now there is an interesting name for a wine, but what Cannonball are they referring to? Could it be the 12 pounders used in the cannons of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars? Is it possibly that fictional train of song and story the Wabash Cannonball or...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Mirassou, the name may be French but the wines are definitely Californian. The Mirassou family has been growing grapes and making wine in California for over 150 years and today, the sixth generation of the Mirassou family are still making wine and still under the...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Have you ever wondered why the State of Israel puts so much interest into the possession of the Golan Heights? First and most important it is the back door to Syria and of immense political and military value. Another and, to us, a much better reason is that is the...
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.