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...

We were wrong, totally, irrevocably and without any doubt, wrong. When we took a first quick glance at a recently received bottle of wine, we both thought the label read “Apathetic White Blend.” Now, who in their right mind would label their wine with a word whose...

Just in case you haven’t noticed, it’s summer and with summer comes its own set of wine problems. We all know that the summer ushers in lighter foods and outdoor parties and the thought of sipping a cabernet sauvignon, merlot or for that matter any of the other full...

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...

For hundreds of years, stoppers made from cork have been the closure of choice for wine bottles. A cork, even under the best of conditions, has a life span of only about 30 years and because of that old wines require re-corking every thirty years or so. Natural cork...

Zinfandel can be considered the illegitimate child of the wine grape family." It ain’t got no momma and it ain’t got no poppa" and nobody knows for sure where it came from. It probably arrived in California in the 1850’s and because of its hardiness became widely...