Category: Recent Columns

Wine is both tough and vulnerable. Handled correctly, some wines can remain fresh, even improve, for a century or more. Expose wine to heat and/or light, and you invite trouble. Continue reading →

All Hallows’ Eve—Halloween—is the first and weirdest, of the three harvest festivals. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the others. Continue reading →

This wine column began 12 years ago this week. What a delicious adventure it continues to be. Indulge me as I answer some questions I get asked all the time. Continue reading →

So, you are investigating a wine refrigerator or thinking about building a wine cellar. What do you look for? Continue reading →

No debate 2020 has been annus horribilis. COVID-19 worldwide. Worst fires ever on West Coast. How has this horrid year affected the wine world? Continue reading →

To destem or not to destem? Crushing wine world question. Continue reading →

Wine scores are ridiculous. They also are the reason for the increase in wine consumption the past 40 years. They are wine’s deal with the devil. Continue reading →

Champagne today is what it is because of women. Continue reading →

You can enjoy red wine at room temperature, but you will get more out of your experience if you sip it five-to-ten degrees cooler. Continue reading →

In this year of COVID, it is a cliché to note Labor Day 2020 will be like no other Labor Day. Continue reading →