Category: Recent Columns

July 4th falls on Thursday, dicey day for a holiday. Some will enjoy flag waving four-day weekend, while others must soldier up, salute job responsibilities, take the fifth on Friday. Continue reading →

“Natural” wine—next big thing in the avant-garde wine world. What is that all about? Continue reading →

Most of us consider wine to be a civilized drink. Professor John J. Mahoney, PhD asserts wine was “the catalyst that created civilization” in his book Wine: The Source of Civilization. Continue reading →

For a wine writer, Mother’s Day is easy: rosé. For Father’s Day this Sunday, not so easy. Continue reading →

Sales of table wine in the United States essentially are flat after a sustained boom. The latest figures available show wine sales grew by only .02 percent in 2017. Continue reading →

The world drinks a lot of wine—some 6.5 billion gallons in 2018, according to the Paris-based International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Continue reading →

What is this “Old World” “New World” wine thing? Some cartographic elucidation. Continue reading →

Wine writers encounter a Rubicon, and their decision flavors and follows them whenever they write: wine availability or wine distinction? Continue reading →

With Mother’s Day forthcoming this Sunday, a note to gift givers: women are more likely to drink wine than any other alcohol beverage. Just saying. Continue reading →

Cinco de Mayo occurs in four days, a holiday celebrated more in the United States than in Mexico, but the occasion presents an excuse to discuss Mexican/Tex-Mex food and wine. Continue reading →