Category: Recent Columns

You are salivating in anticipation of the delicious steak/bird/fish and pour a special bottle for the occasion. Then, yikes, a goblin grabs your nose. Burnt matches. Wet cardboard. Freshly deposited stuff in a barnyard. Continue reading →

Wine and Halloween can go frightfully well together, but it takes extra effort, so suggestions for fright night wine fun come eight days early, not on the eve of All Hallows Eve. Continue reading →

What a wonderful time: summer heat is past; great harvest holidays approach. Time to contemplate one of the greatest and most unusual wines in the world: Madeira, an ideal wine to enjoy at the warm, fuzzy end of a feast or while snuggling in a favorite blanket as the first chills of winter whisper outside. Continue reading →

Millennials (21-34 year olds) may get wine sales hype, but Boomers (47-64 year olds) own wine market share. Continue reading →

Wine is food, cornerstone of civilization for millennia, central part of religious celebrations from time out of memory, component of diets science asserts help people live longer, happier lives. And a beverage state legislatures feel compelled to mess with because that’s what state legislatures do. Continue reading →

You probably know color influences your appreciation of a wine. Continue reading →

Six out of 10 Americans drink alcohol, a percentage the Gallup organization says has been steady for many years. Continue reading →

Recent report from Winemakers Federation of Australia spotlights growing problem. Continue reading →

Common question to wine writer: What is your favorite wine? Continue reading →

Ahh, Labor Day, an ambiguous holiday. Continue reading →