Category: Recent Columns

Viticultural science may speed things up, but winemaking nuances move at their own pace even if Texas producers want ‘em to get-a-goin’ now. Continue reading →

Most people understand vine quality influences wine quality. Less appreciated are the effects of wood quality on wine. Continue reading →

Wine is food, the natural result of grapes (or other fruit), yeast, and time. So, why is wine intimidating when you go to a restaurant? Continue reading →

Coming soon to a wine bar/restaurant near you: wine kegs. Rejoice. Continue reading →

Most of us will never taste Château d’Yquem, world standard in Sauternes—the unfortified sweet white wine from the Graves region of Bordeaux. Continue reading →

Vlasic was in a pickle. Souring sales forced them to think outside their jar to hold market share. Continue reading →

What tastes good is a really big deal. Continue reading →

July 4th holiday will be a four-day weekend for many, which amps up the challenge of what wine to tipple when you have all that time on your patriotic pinkies. Continue reading →

Boomers sang “times they are a’ changin’” at same time they experimented with pulling corks out of wine bottles. Continue reading →

The summer solstice is special time, marked on ancient sun-dagger stones and viewed in awe since the dawn of mankind. Continue reading →