Color in Red Wine for 08/06/2024
Anyone who regularly drinks red wine knows that it is primarily intended to pair with foods based around meats and other relatively assertive victuals.The color and the flavor in red wine both come...
View ArticleCloseout Bin for 08/13/2024
One of the great benefits of knowing lots about wine is that wine-knowledgeable people often can find bargains that others would bypass.This topic is important today because there is now far more wine...
View ArticleBottle Variation for 08/20/2024
Almost exactly 50 years ago, in 1975, California signed into law the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act that protected buyers of automobiles with major flaws that made them difficult if not impossible to...
View ArticleDealing with the Glut for 08/27/2024
Wineries around the world are struggling to cope with consumers who are ignoring wine in favor of alternative beverages.Sales of wine around the world have declined precipitously, and it may be years...
View ArticleRepairing Wine for 09/03/2024
Not every wine is exactly what we want.Most of us spend time making a decision about which wine to buy for tonight's pasta or this weekend's barbecue, and as much as we know about wine, it frequently...
View ArticleHarvest 2024 for 09/10/2024
And now the craziness begins.The 2024 harvest in the northern hemisphere commences about the time you are reading this — and it is a time for people who love wine to steer clear of any winery.For the...
View ArticleGreat Obscure Wines for 09/17/2024
In the coming two decades, American wine lovers surely will face dozens of interesting wines made from grape varieties they've never heard of before, mainly as a result of climate change.This is not a...
View ArticleWinemaking: A Grimy Job for 09/24/2024
"Oh, you make wine?! How much fun is that!?"The cafe speaker was a young woman awestruck to find out that one of the people at the next table made the wine she was sipping. In her delight, she may have...
View ArticleUnlevel Playing Field for 10/01/2024
Most commercial domestic wines are too expensive compared with imports, and one reason is that imports often have a major financial advantage.Wine is, ultimately, an agricultural product, so it is...
View ArticleUnlevel Playing Field for 10/01/2024
Most commercial domestic wines are too expensive compared with imports, and one reason is that imports often have a major financial advantage.Wine is, ultimately, an agricultural product, so it is...
View ArticleWine Bargain Time? for 10/08/2024
Wine sales throughout the United States are slower than maple syrup at a January campsite breakfast, mainly because consumers are extremely tired of drinking high-alcohol wines.Moreover, alternative...
View ArticleVisiting Wine Country for 10/22/2024
Visiting a winery to see how this magical product is produced can be done at any time of the year, but I have found that it is really best done shortly after the year-end holidays.Immediately after the...
View ArticleCabernet Franc for 10/29/2024
One of the fastest-selling wines in the United States over the last two decades has been cabernet sauvignon. But as climate change impacts the vineyards, that may well have to change.Cabernet will not...
View ArticleElegance in Wine for 11/05/2024
Sales of wine and many other alcoholic beverages are declining rapidly in the United States in a repeat of a softness in this industry that occurred exactly 22 years ago.Downturns in wine sales occur...
View ArticleToo Much Knowledge for 11/12/2024
I had a glass of wine recently at a cafe, and it reminded me that too much knowledge can be a detriment.Buying wine either at a retail store or in a restaurant can be risky. Either you know very little...
View ArticleWine Prices for 11/19/2024
No one is quite certain what will happen to U.S. wine prices in the coming year, but one thing is certain: Change is afoot.Several weeks ago, news stories indicated a strong likelihood that wine prices...
View ArticleNew Zealand Primer for 11/26/2024
At a dinner party a few weeks ago, a couple told me they were planning to travel to New Zealand next summer, and they wanted to know if I had any suggestions about what to see.Since I have been to New...
View ArticleBarolo for 12/03/2024
In the introduction to their 1990 book "Barolo, Tar and Roses," authors Michael Garner and Paul Merritt describe the aroma and taste of the classic red wine from Italy's Piemonte, Barolo:"The initial...
View ArticleOrange Wine, Boxed Wine and More for 12/10/2024
As the year comes to a close, a few wine topics should be addressed. Each could be examined in more detail, but here are my thoughts in brief."Orange wine"? This relatively recent development is really...
View ArticleWine and Health for 12/17/2024
"Wine has been with us since the beginning of civilization. It is the temperate, civilized, sacred, romantic mealtime beverage recommended in the bible. Wine has been praised for centuries by...
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