Is It Rosé? Is it Orange Wine? Is It Red Wine? No! It’s Pinot Gris/Grigio!

YES!! This Is Pinot Gris/Grigio Grapes!! Yes Pinot Grigio Drinkers! Pinot Gris first of all is the same grape variety that in Italian is pronounced Pinot Grigio. Secondly, Pinot Gris (Gray) Is a grayish colored RED SKINNED Grape. That white wine you order constantly is made from the juice of a Red Skinned Grape! That […]

Everyday Wine…At Everyday Prices!

Consumers of wine will sometimes turn down assistance from a sommelier or wine specialist because they don’t want to bother you for an “Everyday Wine” which to them means $9.99 or under and they believe their only options are for generic supermarket brands that are large production wines. They couldn’t be further from the […]

Rosés: Can Too Much Of A Good Thing Be A Bad Thing?

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Sadly, for 25 years no one listened to us Sommeliers or Retailers about Rose Wine being DRY not Sweet like Blush. On Social Media the hashtag #Roseallday and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills have turned most Wine Lists and Offerings at a Wine Retailer into a SEA Full […]

National Rose Day June 10, 2017

I don’t know what happened to American Wine Consumers but I am not complaining. Somehow when I blinked, Dry Roses are now the hottest craze in Wine when I couldn’t sell a bottle one year ago. Thank goodness because they are my favorite category of wine. As the video says, you can make a Rose […]

Champagne Versus Sparkling Wines!

Everyone calls a wine they can “Pop The Cork” and has bubbles in in it, Champagne. This will explain in simple terms the difference between Champagne and Sparkling Wine. Remember to hit the Follow Button and enter your email so that will entitle you to my cell phone number and FREE service 24/7 of contacting […]

Cheer for “CIRO” (Cheer-O”) Rose Wine From Calbria, Italy

$12.99 At ABC Wine Fines And Spirits and you can shop online at http://www.abcfws.com. Remember to Follow my Blog and enter your email which will entitle you to my access to my free service of asking me any wine questions no matter where you are with an instant response to your cell phone 24/7 365 […]

ROSE is not a 4 Letter Dirty Word And THEY ARE NOT SWEET WHITE ZINFANDEL!!

Sad to say but Americans need to get out of their stubborn state of being creatures of habits and step out of the box. I reside in South Florida and I can’t think of one better wine to drink in this Jungle Weather we have here for 5-6 months than ROSES. I also can’t think […]

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 […]