by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There was a time that most Italian wines were considered inferior to what was coming out of France and California. Chianti was definitely “in” among the youth of this country but the serious wine enthusiasts avoided the other Italian wines as though they were infected...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
And so it happened, the inevitable, the dreaded. While moving some bottles of red wine, one dropped, broke open, and deposited its contents all over the carpet. We could not have been so fortunate as to have dropped it on a wooden or stone floor where the cleanup...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There are two wines that whose merits and demerits have been praised, discussed, and argued over for centuries more than any other wines; Cabernet Savignon and Chardonnay. In recent years it has been the Chardonnay that has taken the brunt of the criticism because so...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews, Wine Stories
Wine glasses are an integral part of the wine experience. We spent many years scoffing at wine snobs with their special glasses but, in truth, we were wrong; very, very wrong. We began our journey into wine glassware with a simple but very dramatic test that we...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Wines in boxes are showing up all over the place. Most often, the wines in boxes are the familiar dry varieties, but what about the people who enjoy wines with a bit or even a lot of sweetness. The answer to that question has come from Bota Box, a wine producer that...
by Ben Bodenstein | Red Wines, Reviews, White Wines
Winston Churchill once called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. This appellation could also be applied to the Zinfandel grape. For many years this multifaceted grape‘s origin was debated about, argued over, and claimed by many nations. Some even...
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.