Category: Recent Columns

This is a wine column, but there is info for beer drinkers, too. During high summer, even wine lovers may enjoy a cool foamy. Continue reading “Beer” →

Most think of wine as drink poured pure and paired with food. But, whoopee, wine also can be paired with other wine or ingredients to create “wine cocktails.” Continue reading “Wine cocktails” →

Wine and food: inseparable, right? Well, maybe not. Continue reading “Wine no food” →

Plastic wine bottles. Must be some Frankensteinian fad from California, or maybe an awful Aussie aberration. Right? Continue reading “Plastic wine bottles” →

Wine paradox: high scoring wines are among most difficult to pair with food, even though pairing wine with food is a vital aspect of wine. Continue reading “Pairing perils” →

For some reason, Americans enjoy bashing France. That in spite of fact France was essential to our winning the Revolutionary War, French cuisine is exquisite—made Julia Child a household name, and French wine defines world standards. Continue reading “France” →

Japan’s nuclear power disaster focuses attention on dangers of radiation. Wine rushes to the rescue. Continue reading “Red wine and radiation” →

Lovers of sweet Chardonnay and fast horses lost a champion with the death of Jess Stonestreet Jackson in late April. Continue reading “Jess Jackson” →