This is Thanksgiving week! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Christmas is more important, but Thanksgiving does-n’t come with the same stress that...

I just finished teaching the introductory course for the Court of Master Sommeliers along with three fellow Masters, and I am amazed at how quickly...

I would like to think that everyone has a seminal moment or epiphany in their lives when they realize just what they want to do...

Halloween is here, and I was thinking about the bloodiest, gutsy red wines that I could recommend. But that sounded too ordinary and run-of-the-mill. Any...

I was sitting next to a campfire on the beach after a day of playing in the sand and water. The fire’s smoke wafted this...

There are some questions that have no right answer. Like when a wife asks a husband, “Do you know what happened to the last cupcake...

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past nine months, you probably already know that this is an election year. Politicians are...

I have been reading about the history of wine for many years now, and its significance in many cultures, primarily European. The central role that...

You know how some wine fanatics can get really “geeked out” looking for the newest fashion in wine? I do, and the current fashionable category...

This was the only tasting that could get my friend out of bed this early on a Saturday morning after a night of drinking Sombra...