Some suggestions if you plan to pour wine at your Halloween party. Continue reading “Halloween”
Category: Recent Columns
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet sauvignon is the progeny of two grapes—one inky black, the other white and fabulous with food. Their child became the most successful red wine grape of all time. Continue reading “Cabernet Sauvignon”
Table–wine grapes
Who has not had fleeting fantasy of grabbing grocery store grapes and taking a stab at winemaking? Continue reading “Table–wine grapes”
Barolo-Brunello-Barbaresco
Labels are baffling barriers to being comfortable with Old World wines. Continue reading “Barolo-Brunello-Barbaresco”
Value reds
You want a quality red wine at nice price. Continue reading “Value reds”
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is grape people love to hate and hate to love. Continue reading “Chardonnay”
Oktoberfest
With Oktoberfest belching to life this Saturday, wine remarks may be drowned out in the clink of mugs (Maßkrugs if you are a Teutonic purist) and blasts of Oompah bands. Continue reading “Oktoberfest”
Attack of the pinot clones
Science shocker: pinot grapes are an army of clones. Continue reading “Attack of the pinot clones”
Labor Day 2016
You labor with mixed emotions during the Labor Day holiday. Continue reading “Labor Day 2016”
Capitalization
Wine drives newspaper editors crazy. Continue reading “Capitalization”