Our fruit-focused, spice-sensing, and floral-finding wine drinking brothers and sisters certainly miss out on the diversity of malt beverage flavor profiles when they’re swirling and sniffing their simple drink created from fermented grape juice. One thing said wine brothers and sisters know much better than we superior beer guzzlers,... Read more →

If there’s one wine that might change your mind about Riesling, this might be it. Most casual wine drinkers choose Riesling because they want something sweet. Sommeliers and other wine hipsters are pretty pushy about letting you know that dry Riesling is the only way to go. Who’s right?  The politically correct answer is... Read more →

When entering the hotly competitive arena of creating a line of Oregon Pinot Noirs specifically derived from just a single vineyard located in the county, a winemaker is going for the gold. It’s the Olympics of Oregon winemaking—where only the top talents earn the right to play and where champions maintain a stronghold for a long time... Read more →

Viva l’Italiano Rosé!     Long before the contemporary rosé craze took hold, this classic Tuscan CASTELLO DI AMA Rosato, from the beatific land of Sienna, was first introduced in the 1980s—a time when most people’s idea of rosé here in the United States was white zinfandel. We’ve come a long way baby.  The... Read more →

Nothing sets the mood like a great Lambrusco.    Lambrusco is northern Italy’s version of a sparkling pink rosé, and when it’s good—it’s so so good. Good Lambrusco will lift up your mood and refresh your entire being better than a blast of pink color light therapy. At around 16 bucks, the 2016 CLETO CHIARLI Vecchia Modena... Read more →