A couple of months ago I promised you a series of posts on what we call Super Bargain wines. In early September, I posted on Super Bargain Wines for Tough Times which featured a list of excellent wines selling for less than or equal to $10 a bottle. A few weeks ago I did a […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is fermentation. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Fermentation, as it applies to wine, is the process of converting sugar to ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and carbon dioxide effected by the anaerobic (oxygen-free) metabolism of yeast. It comes from the Latin word fervere, to boil; […]

This past weekend, Dad (John) and I spent three action-packed days in the company of 170+ fellow wine bloggers, wine industry participants, and media at the first-ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference. The event kicked off with a bang on Friday as we participated in the fast and furious Live Wine Blogging segment which many […]

Thank you for joining us for the fifth “virtual meeting” of the Wine Book Club. Many thanks to Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20 who originally proposed the idea for the WBC where bloggers and wine lovers all over the world come together for book reviews and discussions every other month after reading a […]

3:30pm Dad (John) and I are here at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma County, California. We are just about to begin the Live Wine Blogging segment which will feature 14 wines from 14 wineries. We will update this post as we go. 3:36pm 2004 Bonterra The McNab (Mendocino, California): 60% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is crushing. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Crushing is the wine-making operation of breaking open the grape berry so that the juice is more readily available to the yeast for fermentation. Modern winery equipment that permits sufficiently thorough crushing has effectively speeded up […]

This Friday through Sunday, Dad (John) and I will be attending the first-ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma County, California. We will be joining fellow wine bloggers as well as other members of the wine industry for three days of meeting, greeting, learning, sharing, and of course, sipping. The conference boasts an action […]

Adams Bench Winery is a small, family-owned winery located in Woodinville, Washington. The owners and co-winemakers are the husband/wife team of Tim and Erica Blue. Their winemaking consultant is Chris Camarda of Andrew Will Winery. In order to pay the bills and fund their winery operation, Tim has maintained his day job as an attorney […]

Have you ever forgotten to put that bottle of white wine in the fridge that you wanted to serve with dinner tonight? Have you ever wanted an easier way to keep a bottle of wine cold than having to bother with an ice bucket? What about keeping a bottle of wine chilled that you are […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is harvest. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Harvest is both the process of picking ripe grapes from the vine and transferring them to the winery (or field pressing station), and its occasionally festive, if frenetic, duration. This transition period in the wine-making cycle […]