Monday is Memorial Day, and because many people consider it to be the unofficial start of summer (the official start is, of course, not until June 20th but I know you already knew that), it’s often forgotten that the day is there for another reason.  Memorial Day is for memories – for many, it signifies [...]

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 [...]