Author: gusclemens

If you are reading this, you survived New Year’s Eve. Well played, fellow wine swashbuckler. Continue reading →

• Merry Christmas. Continue reading →

If red is your Christmas wine color, but cab is too tannic and merlot too mellow, there are other options for your holiday feast. Continue reading →

In spite of fact that turkey and ham are not traditional pairs with bigger red wines, some of you holiday feasters don’t think you are drinking wine unless it is a teeth-staining, big-fruit bad boy. Continue reading →

We continue to review wines to help you pick pours promoting holiday joy. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and you have not thought seriously about what wine you are going to buy. Continue reading →

Intimidated by need to pair wine with food for your grand holiday meal? Have no fear, two-word answer here: sauvignon blanc. Continue reading →

Holidays mean different foods for different folks—turkey, ham, lamb, fish, throw in clutch of vegan demands and a beef steak dripping with blood. What is a host to pour for multifarious family and friends? Continue reading →

Wine sellers adore Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Years. This is when non-wine drinkers drink wine, increasing store sales by as much as 25 percent. Continue reading →

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 →