Now And Zin Wine

The Castelvero estate in Piedmont was named after a count who lived there once upon a time. The name wasn't hung on the door until 1970,...

People sometimes don't give wine importers enough credit for what they do. The best importers are those with a nose for wine, who can sn...

People who are looking for kosher wines should look into the lines offered by the Royal Wine Corporation. They import wines to the U.S. from...

Sweet wines sometimes get short shrift in the wine-osphere. They are not considered to be "serious" wines and are relegated to als...

Pio Cesare has been producing Barolo and Barbaresco wines in the Italian city of Alba for more than 135 years. They are now in the fifth gen...

This wine - Ebbio Langhe Nebbiolo - is produced by Fontanafredda, in the Langhe area of Piedmont. Established in 1858, they are the largest ...

Dolcetto is my kinda grape. The folks at Agricola Brandini like it, too. They say that it is "the wine of the Piedmontese peasant fami...

If you love the opportunity to try a grape that's new to you, this wine might be right up your alley. The Ray Albarossa by Colle Manora ...

There is a big market these days for sweet wines.  Sweet in the sense that they are not dry, but not exactly dessert style.  Mosketto Frizza...

Wine importers are important.  Good ones can sniff out the good stuff and bring it to us from all over the world.  Mack and Schühle are Mia...

People sometimes don't think that wine importers are very important, that all they do is have crates of wine shipped in from who-knows-w...

It's always nice to see that a wine box has arrived through one delivery service or another.  It's especially nice when it means tha...

Alessio and Romina Tacchino are the third generation to run their family's Tacchino wine business.  The  2016 Tacchino Albarola Barbera...

California wine négociant Cameron Hughes owns no vineyards and has no official winery.  He sniffs out good wine which has already been prod...

There is a big market these days for sweet wines.  Sweet in the sense that they are not dry, but not exactly dessert style.  These three Mos...

Wines with a gimmick generally leave critical wine tasters flat.  Tropical Moscato has a gimmick, and the gimmick is fruit.  The Moscato w...

A sparkling wine brings enough fun to the table simply by turning on that bubble machine. If you throw in a nice, sweet flavor profile, yo...

This month and next, Whole Foods Markets has the spotlight on Italian wines at great prices.  Get the details on the wines and the April v...

It seems a shame sometimes to just write about wine, when the food so often steals the show.  That was the case at the great Los Angeles I...

Italian food calls for Italian wine, and that's a rule I try not break - ever.  Fortunately, one of my favorite Italian restaurants...