Category: Recent Columns

Before you can appreciate a wine you have to open it. In times past, that meant pulling a cork from a glass bottle. Not so much today. Continue reading →

COVID has disrupted our lives for almost two years. Wine did not dodge that viral bullet. Continue reading →

Finding words to describe wine overflows with challenges and trouble. To steal from Martin Mull, writing about wine is like dancing about architecture. Continue reading →

Sherry has a bad reputation engendered by sweet sherries and cooking sherries. Move past that. Continue reading →

Wine acidity is something to be treasured, not feared. Acidity gives wine stability and wine’s ability to age. Continue reading →

Sweetness in wine is fruitful ground for disputation. Some will never drink sweet. Others will drink nothing else. Continue reading →

Every wine columnist walks a tightrope. Wine, after all, is alcohol. And America, and the world for that matter, has been embroiled in a vacillating relationship with alcohol for perhaps 10 millennia. Continue reading →

We have made another trip around the sun and Labor Day arrives Monday. Continue reading →

Champagne and prosecco are sparkling wines. Both can be delicious, liven up an event, pair well with many foods. But they are completely different wines. Comparisons: Continue reading →

In the worlds of indulgent pleasures, people can obsess over the accouterments. Wine glasses (stemware) break into that territory. Standard glass or crystal? Continue reading →