Aging wine consists of one golden rule: Patience. You must wait for the wine to age slowly in the comfort and safety of your wine cellar. However, the wine isn’t going to wait for you… When it’s time, it’s time! Keeping track of 20 wine bottles is fine, but when …
Summer is not over yet! Don’t let retail stores fool you with their year-end holiday deals. We know better than to fall for their consumerism plots because we have more important things to do than getting schemed with “bigger and scarier” Halloween decorations… Like choosing the perfect rosé wine for …
The hot summer days are upon us, and after a long day of socially acceptable daytime hydration, there’s nothing better than enjoying a crisp, chilled-to-perfection white wine in the comfort of your own backyard. Though I love perusing the aisles of my local wine store for a new wine and …
Wine names play an essential role in the ongoing success and popularity of a wine. Winemakers spend countless hours looking for the perfect name, something original, unique, clever, memorable… They debate and argue for weeks! They go back and forth between two finalists, and they finally agree on one just …
As some of you are aware, I have won the Grand Prize for the last two years for the Wine Spectator Video Competition – CABERNET TONIGHT in 2022 & LOVE THE WINE YOU’RE WITH in 2023. And as I recently wrote, I am working on the third (and final) video …
If you happen to be traveling anywhere near Tucson, there is an area of the state about an hour from there that is Arizona’s Wine Country. Wait a minute! Arizona Wine Country?!!! Well, in case you were unaware, every state in the US has wineries… Yes, that includes Alaska and Hawaii. Elgin Arizona is …
It was September 2021 and the Wine Spectator Video Contest committee just announced their video competition winners. I have followed the WS annual video competition off and on for several years. But something clicked in me when I saw the winning video. I thought it was good, but I knew …
Does size matter? Of course size matters! To start, can you imagine a movie in which the role of a giant shark is played by a goldfish? Not the same, is it? Better yet, the movie King Kong played by Curious George? And what about the Grand Canyon? Calling it …
I’ve been eating sushi for as long as I can remember. I do have a handful of wines that pair quite well with sushi. Pairing sushi with the right wine makes me enjoy them even more than I ever thought possible. Although depending on my mood, I’ll just have a …
Wine tasting… Do it often and do it right, every time. Learn how to taste wine the right way, and more importantly, have fun doing it! Isn’t it the key to everything in life? It is just much easier when we stop trying so hard and focus on having fun. …
