Deconstructing BURGUNDY Wines!

Let’s start off with the very basics. If you can grasp these simple facts, you will be more wine educated than 90% of the Wine Consumers in America. Burgundy is to France as Broward County is to Florida and Kings County is to Brooklyn New York. Burgundy is not a Grape or a Wine it […]

Drink Red Wine With Chocolate And Live Longer!

Red, Sweet Wines paired with chocolate can be delicious and help you live longer too. This video explores various forms of dessert wines and all about Recioto delle Valpolicella

Champagne’s Image is on the “Rocks”….Literally!

Robin Leach from the old TV Show “Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous” used to sign off with “Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams”! To wine people like myself Champagne was not everything with bubbles in it like Korbel or Cooks from California but a term used to describe an elegant, food friendly, sparkling wine produced […]

In America “Reserve” Means Nothing, In Europe Riserva or Reserva Means EVERYTHING!

We have seen the word Reserve on many domestic wines from California, Washington State like the picture above of the Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon “Reserve”. Heck, even the crappy supermarket Kendall Jackson Chardonnay went from labeling it as the Vintner’s Blend to the Vintner;s “Reserve” just to market the wine to the uneducated […]

Do You Really Want An “OAKY” Chardonnay Or A “BUTTERY” Chardonnay?

The days of California Chardonnay lovers being able to find what they call an “Oaky, Buttery, Chardonnay” are coming to an end. Global warming in the state of California is putting very high levels of sugar in the grapes which is leading to very high alcohol contents as discussed in previous articles on high alcohol […]

Any Reviews Including Wine Are OPINIONS..Take Them With “A Grain Of Salt”!

I am literally fed up with people (very few over my 9 year career) taking my Wine Recommendations and getting angry if the Wine wasn’t their taste. The worst part is they have the BALLS to return the Wine to the retail shop they bought it at in perfect condition(no cork taint) with no other […]