Category: Recent Columns

We already know, thanks to human nature, the internet can be wonderful, the greatest communications tool since Gutenberg played around with type. It also can be a savagely cruel and ruthlessly greedy place. Continue reading →

Odds are really good you do not have a significant part of your net worth or nest egg squirreled away in investor-grade wine gracefully aging in a bonded, certified cellar. But if you did, how would you have done? Continue reading →

Summertime and the living is easy. It also is really hot. What is a wine drinker to do? Continue reading →

Wine lovers fervently yearn for medical studies affirming health benefits of red wine to be true. Alas, findings are not black-and-white. Continue reading →

Imagine a restaurant that pours wine as matter-of-factly as iced tea in a Texas steakhouse. Continue reading →

Fourth of July wine suggestions are fraught with patriotic paradoxes.

You can go historic and recommend Madeira from the Portuguese island. Madeira was wine Betsy Ross allegedly sipped sewing Old Glory, but Madeira is heavy, sweet, and high alcohol. Not suitable for the heat of patriotic parties. Continue reading →

When Americans gathered for drinks in their homes in 1970s, beer and spirits were beverages of choice. In rough numbers, brews consumed half the family booze budget, spirits 35 percent, wine 15. Continue reading →

We are three days away from longest day of the year, so some wine trivia to help you endure the extra minute of daylight on June 21. Continue reading →

Wine-inspired gifts for Father’s Day tempt you to gather gimmicks destined for the “God only knows what it’s for” drawer. Please, resist that seduction. Continue reading →

Wine snobs may sniff, but thank me when these tricks bail you out. Continue reading →