Author: Nick Antonaccio

It’s the time of year for gift-giving. Some of us are focused on specific gifts to match the specific likes, even passions, of someone we wish to acknowledge. In a number of cases this focus is on wine, whether for

My mantra throughout our trip to French wine regions was to “to taste barrel samplings deep in hand-carved wine caves, to caress grape-laden grapevines in sun-drenched vineyards, to sample ripe grapes as they were being prepared for the harvest crush,

The pungent aromas wafting through the air in the subterranean cellars of the winery were like no others I have ever experienced. Yes, I’ve visited many wine cellars in my travels over the years. But here, at this moment, in

This week’s column marks the sixth installment in my multipart series on our recent trip to France. Earlier this year I had the yearning for the next wine adventure to be shared by my wife and I with our friends, the

This week’s column is chapter four of a multipart series on our recent trip to Paris and the French wine regions of Champagne, Loire and Burgundy. In last week’s column my wife and I explored the Champagne region, northwest of

This week’s column is part three of a multi-part series on my recent trip to the French wine regions of Champagne, Loire and Burgundy. In developing our itinerary–my wife and I travelled with our friends, the Russells–it became clear that

In past columns, I’ve reported on my trips to several wine regions. Among my favorites have been the Tuscany, Umbria and Campania regions of Italy and the Napa, Sonoma and Central Coast regions of California. Earlier this year I had

Last week I opened this column with a premise we gloss over too often: You sit down to a meal with a bottle of wine on your table. Have you ever pondered how that bottle of wine arrived in your