Now And Zin Wine

All too often, I think of Italian red wines as lightweight party favors.  Tasty, maybe even interesting, but ultimately with not enough gu...

I'm one guy who loves grocery shopping with my wife.  Denise calls out the specific need of the moment, I quickly proceed to the proper...

The Christmas season of 2009 was full of hustling and bustling and running about, as most Christmas seasons are.  Denise and I took a break...

I love shopping at a wine store that's new to me.  Tiny boutiques,  huge warehouses, corner liquor stores, grocery store wine aisles - i...

Denise and I opened a small bottle of Feuillatte "1/4" I had picked up recently.  I've seen it in various stores this season...

Sort This Out Cellars is a wine producer based in the Santa Ynez Valley of California's Central Coast. They obtain grapes from all ...

Take a break from the holiday rush at Ancient Peaks Winery for an evening of mostly old-fashioned fun.  The fun happens Thursday Decem...

Santa Rita Carmenere Reserva 2007 is a dark place to go.  Fortunately. I'm not afraid of the dark.  In fact, I kind of like it when th...

Los Olivos winery Firestone Vineyard has launched a new wine brand designed to appeal to Millennials, or the generation which began appeari...

Fess Parker Frontier Red Lot 91 is the latest in a series of non-vintage wines from Fess Parker's respected Santa Barbara County wine...

Line 39 Cabernet was recommended to me by a friend of mine who shares my somewhat obsessive passion for wine.  Nicolas wrote me an email af...

Santa Monica's 7-month-old wine hang, Pourtal , kicked off their December program with a pouring party Tuesday night.  Featured were t...

I love autumn.  I live in Southern California, so that's not exactly the same sentiment you get when someone from, say, Vermont claims...

As I may have mentioned before, I'm a sucker for blends.  I love finding out what winemakers can do with a couple of beakers and a gra...

Santa Monica's recent entry into the wine bar scene in Southern California is Pourtal , at 104 Santa Monica Boulevard.  "Steps fr...

Ask twenty people which wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner, and you'll probably get about a hundred different answers.  Some swear b...

It was a tough day in the salt mines.  Quittin' time took forever and my steps were quick to leave.  I picked up my wife and we headed ...

Wine-drinking rock fans can now enjoy wines that come labeled with iconic rock'n'roll imagery. Wines That Rock has launched three ne...

Thursday November 19, 2009 is Beaujolais Nouveau day, the day when France's wine laws allow the vin de primeur to be rushed out to...