Correctional Officer By Day, Wine Judge By Night
A correctional officer from rural upstate New York, with no prior experience in wine, gets an assignment to write about wine. Here’s what happened.
Wine Humor
Siduri’s Adam Lee: New Project with a Rhône Legend
As Lee bids Siduri farewell, he’s attempting to redefine direct wine sales and has his hand in the creation of two new wine brands.
Straight-Talk with Smith-Madrone’s Stu Smith
Time to look at Grillo for its most exciting quality—its versatility. And on Pantelleria, Zibibbo grapes turn sour conditions into something lusciously sweet.
Sicily’s Unsung Grapes: Grillo and Zibibbo
Time to look at Grillo for its most exciting quality—its versatility. And on Pantelleria, Zibibbo grapes turn sour conditions into something lusciously sweet.
The Best Riesling that You’re Not Drinking (a Ride Along the Danube)
The most exciting wines to come from Austria since Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony? Dry, austere Rieslings.
So You Want To Be a Wine Judge? (An Insider’s View of Wine Competitions)
I can tell you that wine competitions are hard work, though it’s likely not the kind of work that you’d imagine.
5 Scary Wine Faults and What You Should Know
Explanations from our favorite wine fault articles on the web, along with a “How Scary?” description, which aims to break down each “fault” in layman’s terms.
What it’s Like to Work a Wine Country Harvest
First off, I think perhaps this should be titled “How to Survive Crush.” Second, while working in a winery seems amazingly fun, and eternally romantic for most people, the reality is…it is romantic and fun and totally rocks! (You thought I was going to say it’s drudgery, wink wink). There’s no denying that harvest is …
50 Wine Facts from 50 United States
by Jonathan Cristaldi The United States of America are united on one front: all 50 states in the Union are, in some way shape or form, growing grapes and producing wine. For a country as a whole, we may not agree fully on anything, but this, rest assured, is fact and not up for debate. …
The Accidental Wino #3: Smells Like A Winner
Part I: The Smellening I don’t mean to brag, even though I’m pretty good at bragging, but since writing my previous installment of The Accidental Wino, I’ve hit a wine drinker’s milestone: I recognized a wine’s smell. I know. You’re super impressed. I completely understand. I am, too. What’s even more impressive is that I …