Oregon’s Willamette Valley is best known for producing the same wine variety for which France’s Burgundy appellation is revered: Pinot Noir. But should you happen to run into a Willamette Valley vintner at his wine estate or a tasting event,…
Blog Archives
The 411 on Storing Wine: Does It Ever Expire?
When you’re shopping for milk, what’s the first thing you check on the container? The expiration date — right? Same thing with a container of yogurt, or a loaf of bread, or a package of meat, or a can of…
The Best Wine Books to Read
Summer is the season for reading. In addition to novels and biographies, wine books can make excellent choices for drifting away with the written word — especially with a glass of your favorite wine at hand. Here are five wine books…
Tagged with: ANDREW DORNENBURG, GEORGE ROSE, JANCIS ROBINSON, JUSTIN HAMMACK, KAREN MACNEIL, Sonoma County, THE WINE BIBLE, wine books, WINE FOLLY, wine lover, WINE READING
Posted in Editor's Journal, Wine Buzz
Posted in Editor's Journal, Wine Buzz
The World’s Best Restaurant Wine Lists
Wine Spectator magazine has done much to promote fine wine through the years, and one of its greatest contributions involves compiling an annual list of the world’s finest restaurant wine lists. You can find links to its list of 3,700…
A Toast to the Toast
I attended the wedding of my lovely goddaughter last month, and there were a number of toasts proposed at the reception. A week earlier, I’d attended an awards banquet. There, too, toasts were in abundance. Each New Year’s Eve, we…
Tagged with: everyday toasts, origins of the toast, toasts for special occasions
Posted in Wine Buzz
Posted in Wine Buzz
Biodynamic Wines: Earthly-Friendly Alternatives
It’s one of those “buzz words” in the world of wine that simultaneously creates a lot of excitement and a certain degree of controversy. The word: Biodynamic. The excitement stems from the idea that Biodynamic wines are made in a…
Tagged with: Biodynamic wine, Demeter International, Earth-Friendly Wine Club, Rudolf Steiner, wine and the environment
Posted in Wine and the Environment, Wine Buzz
Posted in Wine and the Environment, Wine Buzz
How to Get Those Red Wine Stains Out
If you drink enough red wine, it is pretty much inevitable: At some point in time, you will spill some on a piece of clothing. And if what happens to you is like what happened to me, that piece of…
Wineries Where Man’s Best Friend Are Welcome
When I mention Winery Dogs, I’m not taking about the classic-rockish “super group” of the same name, which is due to release its third album on August 4. No, I’m talking about actual dogs at actual wineries — in some…
Tagged with: dog-friendly wineries, Honig Vineyard & Winery, Rover.com, The Winery Dogs, Wine Dogs
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
From Kegs to Bottles to Cans: The Evolution of Wine
I am not much of a beer drinker, and when I do drink beer, it’s almost always at a Japanese restaurant and drawn out of a tap. I rarely drink beer out of a bottle, and almost never drink it…
