Author: gusclemens

Many factors affect wine prices. Barrel cost and berry quality.Parker scores. Marketing mavens. Winery hubris. Take your pick. Continue reading →

Your impression of wine involves many things, some valid, some irrational. Continue reading →

All is not what it claims to be in the Chinese wine market. Continue reading →

Second week of wacko wine descriptors. The obvious: some of this is concocted by wine writers to stand out from the “juicy, jammy, red and black fruits” cognoscente. Continue reading →

Many wine taste and smell terms are easy to understand, delicious to imagine. Continue reading →

Most of us spend our entire wine lives pouring from three bottle sizes. Continue reading →

New Years: when sparkling wines sparkle. Continue reading →

Champagne and other sparkling wines shine at Christmas and New Years. Today, answers to some merry sparkling questions. Continue reading →

More wine trivia to abet bets and sustain snobbery. All numbers approximate averages: Continue reading →

Insider numbers to help you win wine bets, show off at wine bars, or one-up siblings. Weighted to Napa, the U.S. premier wine producer. Continue reading →