Category: Recent Columns

Four days until America’s biggest unofficial national holiday.
If you host a Super Bowl party, you face super challenges in choosing the right food and drink to bowl over your friends. Continue reading →

Wine fallacies: Continue reading →

Tannins: love them, hate them, matter of taste. Continue reading →

Long, long ago, when Bob Parker’s day job was lawyering and he could recommend first growth Bordeaux costing $20, corks were taken for granted.
Then Bob became Robert Parker Jr., wine critic demigod. Robert Mondavi figured out you sell more wine if you make labels comprehensible. Baby Boomers entered adulthood with corkscrews in hand. A new world of winemaking exploded in the New World. And the Great Cork Catastrophe commenced. Continue reading →

Researchers recently reported red wine fights cavities, marking the latest in the horde of reasons for enjoying wine.
Alas, there are stains on this rosé picture. Stains. Literally. On your teeth and on your stemware. Relax, we have solutions. Continue reading →

Last week’s advice for Christmas was restraint—don’t go with high-dollar wine that will not be appreciated amid Christmas chaos and celebration.
New Year’s is different. Continue reading →

With Christmas two days hence, the good news is selecting wine for your family’s joyous holiday feast is not daunting task even at this late date.
Relax. Enjoy your shopping for hallelujah libations. Continue reading →

‘Tis season of giving, and what wine drinker would not like a wine-connected gift for Christmas?
They likely would appreciate quality wine, but wine-related stuff also works and lingers longer than an evening or two. Continue reading →

Who drinks wine? In this holiday season, thanks to holiday party merry-go-round, almost everyone who drinks alcohol drinks wine—even if they prefer brews or fire water.
But who drinks wine irrespective of season? The Gallup organization did extensive research on this pressing question; here are answers. Continue reading →

It is the season of wine. People who don’t drink wine, drink wine. People who do drink wine step up the quality of wine they drink. Wine sellers love December.
Often sellers discount so you can buy wondrous wine at awesome prices. Sellers do this to reduce inventory, but—whatever their reason—you can purchase superb wines without nuking your retirement portfolio or your child’s college fund. Go. Now. Buy. Continue reading →