As I write this and think about Super Bowl weekend, I need wines to cheer me up, warm me up and all go well with a very small party – and football food.
Quite a challenge.
I console myself with the...
We have three new arrivals from Dry Creek Vineyards, a winery that is close to my heart as I met David Stare in 1980, eight years after he founded the first winery in this area of Sonoma since prohibi...
Although it took place over ten years ago, I remember well the afternoon that Huw Morris came to the hotel that my wife and I were staying at in Paso Robles to let us taste a sample of cabernet sauvig...
The normal thing to do now would be to offer a few inexpensive wines as, even in the best of times, we rather overspend In December and are now on a tighter budget.
As I took some time suggesting “h...
There are so many stories about champagne that today I will only share one as it involves the enjoyment of the world’s best known sparkling wine.
Legend has it that the shape of the coup glass, popu...
If you are having roast turkey with all the trimmings, then we have plenty of all the usually recommended wines in stock such as a lovely Drouhin white or red burgundy.
The New World counterpart of c...
During this period we are finding that folks, in addition to being thrifty, are also buying a few more expensive wines in shops that in the past would be asked for during special restaurant night out ...
These are strange times indeed.
For instance on American Thanksgiving my wife and I shared the usual turkey dinner with all the trimmings, but only with each other.
We lit the candles and sat by ours...
What an eventful year that we have had to cope with before once again celebrating Cabernet Franc Day next Friday, December 4.
The rules have certainly changed, but wine remains a bright spot. This bl...
Last week we featured Oregon pinots with the thought of Thanksgiving and appropriate American wine.
I confess that cabernet sauvignon takes first place in our home, but many would argue that, as the ...
