Disclaimer: I am a father and this column is indecorously self-serving. Continue reading “Father’s Day”
Category: Recent Columns
Sangria
Days grow hotter and longer, and those voluptuous high-alcohol wines of winter don’t sip so well now in the sizzling sun. What is a wine lover to do? Continue reading “Sangria”
Odd wine descriptions
Some wine descriptions make sense. Cherry, plum, red fruit, black fruit for red wines. Apple, peach, citrus for whites. Continue reading “Odd wine descriptions”
Barbecue wine on Memorial Day weekend
For many, the Memorial Day weekend will include barbecue in addition to honoring those who gave their last full measure of devotion so we could gobble down sauce-soaked meat in freedom and security. Continue reading “Barbecue wine on Memorial Day weekend”
Smart women and wine
According to a large scientific study, if you are a smart woman you are more likely to drink wine. Continue reading “Smart women and wine”
Mother’s Day
Being a mother is the world’s hardest, most important, most rewarding job. For some, a glass of wine makes the task a bit easier. Continue reading “Mother’s Day”
Chick wines rules
The sales numbers are in and it is official: 2012 was the year of chick wine. Continue reading “Chick wines rules”
Wine rube avoidance
Drinking wine should be fun, not an exercise in snobbish one-upmanship. Continue reading “Wine rube avoidance”
Wine tasting—San Angelo
Wine tasting refresher course on eve 29th Annual San Angelo Food & Wine Festival. Continue reading “Wine tasting—San Angelo”
Bottle openers
Given wine’s history, you’d think best way to pull cork was long-ago solved. Not so. Continue reading “Bottle openers”