Wine has been around for a longggg time.  We’re talking xxxxx (look up when first wine found).  Suffice it to say that over that period of time, there have been a lot of creative ways wine has been used.  We’ll save some of the more unique approaches for next week, but for now, let’s look [...]

Have you ever ordered a glass of your favorite wine in a restaurant or bar and had them say, “Sorry, we’re out of that?”. Frustrating isn’t it?  So here’s the skinny on how I get from my home base at the wine company to you at your favorite establishment. My first stop from my cool, [...]

According to Wikipedia: “May Day marks the end of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations. As Europe became Christianized the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day…A [...]

I like to think of myself as a pretty simple wine- sure I can have layers of flavors and how I grew up makes a difference in how I taste.  But my goal in life is to be enjoyed and to make the experience for drinking me be enjoyable. That said, I do have multiple [...]

Earth Day is Sunday.  I love Earth Day – it kind of reminds me of Woodstock and that was the ultimate in Debauchery!  No, but really, Earth Day is a great way to remember that we have this one earth to work with, so here are 5 reasons I love (and support) Earth Day: 1) [...]

There are so many myths, superstitions and fears around Friday the 13th. Bah, I say!  Embrace it!  Friday the 13th creates an opportunity to get people together.  Not that we need many reasons to get a party going, but Friday the 13th is here so you might as well use that as an excuse as [...]

Easter and Passover are both being celebrated this weekend and while you always have a choice of what to serve for dinner, holidays tend to lend themselves to traditions and that extends to food. If you’re supplying wine for the dinner that will feature ham, you’ll want to look for a wine that has enough [...]

Doesn’t everyone who wants to be incognito wear dark sunglasses?  All those movie stars that go around in floppy hats and sunglasses trying not to be seen are my idols.  No?  Okay, maybe not.  But haven’t you heard that the Surgeon General has advised everyone to wear sunscreen and sunglasses to minimize the amount of [...]

It’s funny how every day, at the end of the day, dinner happens.  Or at least, food gets consumed – I’ll leave it up to you whether you define it as “dinner.”  But regardless of what you call it, the meal at the end of the day can be utilitarian or you can make it [...]

Saint Patrick’s Day is tomorrow – a day traditionally resplendent with green this and thats, and maybe most well-known – beer.  Bars will be tinting their drafts green (though really, who does want to drink green beer, and doesn’t it make your teeth green???) and there is the famous example of Chicago coloring the river [...]