Most Recent Wine Articles and Reviews
Bonny Doon Vineyards and the Wit of Randall Graham
Randall Graham; his name may not be that well known to the general wine drinking public, but to Californian winemakers he ranks among the winemaking greats such a Robert Mondavi, Brother Timothy (Christian Brothers Winery) Carl Wente, Louis Martini and so many others...
Arnaldo Caprai Italian Wines of Character
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...
Spilled Red Wine and How To Clean It Up
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...
Wente Chardonnay 2015
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...
Wine Glasses – A True Story
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...
Wine in Boxes
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...