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A frequent question I encounter, since I travel to so many wine regions so frequently, is whether I transport wine back home with me from [...]

In a constantly evolving wine world that I have been studying for nearly twenty years, the bottle you see in this pictures exemplifies a constant. [...]

When it comes to Italy and wine, most think of the two famous Northern appellations of Tuscany, with its Sangiovese grape, and Piedmont, with its [...]

I recently found myself in Rome, Italy, on a Friday night, an ocean and continent away from my coveted wine tasting group, traveling with my [...]

As I pack for a two week vacation in Italy, my dislike of Italian wines legendary among my wine friends, I  pause for a moment [...]

I once had a cross-eyed girlfriend. She was not grotesquely so, no Marty Feldman. She merely had one eye slightly off-kilter, but she was otherwise [...]

My recent preoccupation with Bordeaux vintages took me down memory lane into certain years that I recall as landmarks that I experienced in my own wine journey. [...]

I have touted the virtues of off-year Bordeaux wines in past blogs. Recently we journeyed into this world deeper with a tasting devoted to inferior [...]

For those cabarnet sauvignon and merlot lovers out there I have surprising news: you will get the best bang for your buck with Bordeaux!For the [...]

In a recent tasting, a group of us picked a "grenache" theme, and each  brought a randomly purchased bottle, a total of seven. We ended [...]