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Painting and Wine?  Yes, please! The paint and sip trend started in 2007 and has grown exponentially in the almost ten years since that first brush hit the canvas. I am always amazed when I run into a wine lover ...

Has it really only been six months since the last Game of Thrones episode aired? It feels like many moons ago since we first discovered Melisandre’s fountain of youth secret and learned about Hodor’s painful past. Well winter has finally ...

Picking out that perfect gift is never easy, but we’re trying to make it a lot easier for you with our First Annual Top 5 Christmas Gifts for the Wine Lover list. We’ve researched through 100’s of wine blogs, retailer ...

Most wine writers and novice Somms start a Turkey Day paring with a Pinot Noir. Well that’s just incredibly boring, good but boring. Try something much more exciting and fun; Something that will play with your taste buds like Joey Jordison ...

A few weeks ago, we wrote a blog on how to make your own wine from home, which can be found here. Today, we wanted to write about wine-making from a commercial perspective. But you probably don’t want to read ...

At some point all oenophiles ask themselves this question? Is it worth it? Is that $100 bottle ten times better than a $10 bottle? What makes a $1,000 bottle cost a $1,000? Is it just marketing and hype or am ...

Many wine enthusiasts know that making good wine is really hard to do but fight a desire in them to make their own wine.  It seems that the more you know about wine and critique it, the more you wonder if you ...

You are obviously a wine aficionado; otherwise why would you be reading this blog?  But what if I told you that you don’t know one of the most important people in wine making modern history.  My bet is you don’t ...

Harvest time in wine country is one of the most beautiful, enjoyable, and exciting times to visit. The weather is divine and you can feel the electricity in the air. There is so much going on that sometimes it is ...

If you let the pundits influence your wine taste, then you could be a doofus. I’ll explain momentarily, but first let’s explore something: Isn’t it the best when you find a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant that makes amazing food but no ...