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The Greatness of Sauvignon Blanc Jul. 18, 2023
Chardonnay continues to be the most popular white wine in the United States, representing roughly on... Read More
How Sweet It Is! Jul. 11, 2023
The wine shop clerk told me the wine was very dry, but when I took my purchase home and pulled the c... Read More
Tasting Room Etiquette Jun. 27, 2023
The episode was unnerving and was avoidable had there been someone around with the sensibility to so... Read More
Classic Reds Jun. 13, 2023
A century ago, many of the finest French red wines were known to improve after they had been aged fo... Read More
Wine Ed via Cell Jun. 06, 2023
You're standing in a wine shop facing a wall of obscure (to you) Italian red wines. One sounds famil... Read More
Rose for Summer May. 30, 2023
When we want to avoid cooking to keep the kitchen cool, dry rose wines are among the most perfect ho... Read More
Older Wines May. 16, 2023
"Like fine old wine." We've all heard people use versions of this timeworn saying, which suggests th... Read More
Rose Wine Types May. 09, 2023
With the advent of warmer weather, rose wines have become a hot ticket with wine lovers, particularl... Read More
Don't Call It Champagne May. 02, 2023
I cut my finger on the metal capsule covering the cork while opening a wine bottle the other day, so... Read More
Restaurant Wines Apr. 25, 2023
As the nation continues to recover economically from the worst effects of COVID-19, some of the folk... Read More
Dry Sherry Apr. 18, 2023
For most people, wine is simple: They drink anything that pleases them. But if you think of it as re... Read More
Wine Gadgets Apr. 04, 2023
Wine lore says that the cork, which comes from the bark of the cork oak tree, may first have been us... Read More
Restaurant Wine Prices and Obscurity Mar. 21, 2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to wind down over the last year, I noticed a sad trend in some upscal... Read More
The More We Know Mar. 07, 2023
An experience recently changed the way I look at wine — and especially how others view it. I p... Read More
Rare Varietals Feb. 28, 2023
Younger wine buyers seem smitten with the notion that commonplace grapes like chardonnay and caberne... Read More
Best Regional Wines Feb. 21, 2023
More places around the world make wine today than ever before, and part of the reason is that global... Read More
Euphemisms in Wine Feb. 14, 2023
Most people buy wine randomly. That appears to be the case from what I've observed in supermarkets. ... Read More
Wine in Cafes Feb. 07, 2023
At a three-star Paris restaurant, the wine list will be elaborate, filled with classic wines that ar... Read More
Low Alcohol Jan. 31, 2023
The world's most-consumed liquid is water, and the drawbacks involved with it are so limited as to b... Read More
The Wine Options Game Jan. 03, 2023
Once you really delve deeply into wine, the passion to buy fine wine while it's still available and ... Read More
