by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
The Spanish speaking winemaking countries are now in the process of making a big play for our wine business. Typical of the Hispanic psyche, they are doing it honorably but in their own distinctive manner. That distinctive manner is to make wines from local grapes as...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Objectivity; now there is a term that has lost a good deal of meaning in recent years. As wine columnists we try to be as objective as we can and not let our personal preferences influence us … too much. But, we are human and after tasting so many wines over these...
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...
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.