Admit it, you experience a flutter of dread when you open a bottle of wine, especially one not familiar to you or one you’ve held for extended time. Could this wine be, uh, flawed—even spoiled? We investigate this the next three weeks. Continue reading “Wine faults #1”
Category: Recent Columns
Winsome wine facts
Some winsome wine facts to amuse and entertain you over your morning cup of coffee or evening sips of wine: Continue reading “Winsome wine facts”
Sparkling secrets
Sparkling wines should be in your wine repertoire every week, not just holidays or special events. To encourage that, some sparkling wine insights: Continue reading “Sparkling secrets”
Wine consumption
Wine sales in the U.S. increased every year for a quarter century, but there is industry concern that the ascendant streak is coming to an end. Not decline, but no more exhilarating year-after-year increases. Continue reading “Wine consumption”
Natalie MacLean
The biggest change in wine in the past 20 years did not happen in vineyards or wineries. It happened on the internet, at least in my opinion and the opinion of Natalie MacLean, the award-winning wine writer who has Canada’s largest and most popular on-line wine website with some 270,000 subscribers. Continue reading “Natalie MacLean”
Wine and refrigeration
Wine typically drinks best at five-to-thirty degrees cooler than you keep your home temperature, and five-to-twenty-five degrees warmer than your home refrigerator. What do you do to get your wine to the proper temperature? Continue reading “Wine and refrigeration”
Wax capsules-tannin
This week, attacking vital concerns of wine drinkers—wax capsules and tannins. Continue reading “Wax capsules-tannin”
Bourbon barrel wine
Bourbon-barrel finished wines: trendy gimmick or legit category? Well, yes to both questions. Continue reading “Bourbon barrel wine”
Trends 2019
As we plunge into the new year, some guesses—somewhat informed—on wine trends in 2019. Continue reading “Trends 2019”
Valentine wine
With Valentine’s Day approaching, some heartening news no matter if you are a guy gifting your gal, a woman gifting her man, or you are just a wine drinker who doesn’t give a hoot about Valentine’s. Continue reading “Valentine wine”