Category: Recent Columns

Third week of our fearless exploration of wine flaws, and some good news. Continue reading →

Second week of our trepidatious venture into the Stygian world of wine flaws. Continue reading →

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 →

Some winsome wine facts to amuse and entertain you over your morning cup of coffee or evening sips of wine: Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

This week, attacking vital concerns of wine drinkers—wax capsules and tannins. Continue reading →

Bourbon-barrel finished wines: trendy gimmick or legit category? Well, yes to both questions. Continue reading →