One of the great joys of being a wine enthusiast, besides enjoying the wines, is poking around the shelves of a wine store looking for interesting wines and the occasional rare find. Please believe us that there are often great discoveries to be found on some back,...

We have some good news for you and some bad news. The good news is that despite the rotten growing year that hit most of the wine grape growing countries and the magnificent year enjoyed by our west coast, there will be little or no increase in the price of your...

Malbec is a grape that originated in France but has found a new and better home in Argentina. This grape was a minor player in European vineyards, being used mainly as a blender and its only real claim to fame was that it was used to color and “beef up” some of the...

Wines with a Hispanic flavor have been showing up on our shores with more frequency in recent years. We had an opportunity recently to sample some and will admit to being pleasantly surprised with one and reunited with another. The pleasant surprises were the wines...

The name Ecco Domani has become almost synonymous for quality Italian wines, and so it is. It seems almost ludicrous to talk about Ecco Domani's commitment to quality and to producing the finest wine for the money, when everything that is advertised today is touting...

As a child, winemaker Charlie Wagner attended the Liberty School, in Rutherford, California. Years later, in 1950, he built a new home and winery using wood from the original Liberty School structure. Wanting to commemorate the old schoolhouse, Charlie Wagner named...