Buy Wine By Style And Budget Never By Grape!

I like a Merlot. She Likes a Cabernet Sauvignon annnd we also like Red Blends. Guess What?? They are all Red Blends!! In most of America only 75% of the grape that is listed on the outside of the bottle has to be inside the bottle. Then even if it were 100% of the grape […]

Wish I Had A Sommelier With Me All The Time!! NOW YOU CAN!!

I am so pleased to be back working for ABC Fine Wines And Spirits. I would be a very wealthy man if I received a dollar for every time a guest in a restaurant or at ABC has said to me either “Can I Take You With Me When I Shop For Wine”? or ” […]

XYZ Wine is My Favorite Wine??

I am so far from one of those Sommeliers that are Snobbish and Stuck Up. You know the ones that speak to you at the table in such a manner that you want to change your mind and order a Corona. One pet peeve of mine and it should be yours is Wine Lists that […]

75% That’s All Your So Called Cabernet or Merlot is? Choose Wine By Taste!

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!! If you select a wine at a Retail wine shop or at a Restaurant by the grape varietal that you are familiar with you could be in for disaster. In the USA, (All countries have their different requirements) only 75% of the Grape that is listed on the outside […]