How many times have you walked into a restaurant, have just sat down, absorbing the ambience of the room, engrossed in small talk with your dinnermates, when the waiter breaks the pleasant atmosphere … [Read more...]

The notion of naturally produced wines has gained significant support and popularity in the United States. Left behind have been naturally produced wines that are fortified. These wines have been … [Read more...]

Throughout the winemaking world many indigenous grapes have been marketed and consumed strictly in-country and have only recently reached our shores. Let’s go exploring. First, the backdrop. There … [Read more...]

Are you stuck in a wine rut? Still drinking your go-to wine from last year? Or worse, from the last decade? In today’s pressurized work and social environment, thinking outside the box may not seem … [Read more...]

There are nearly 80 million baby boomers in the United States, 26 percent of the total population. This age group is aging, fast. Over 10,000 boomers turn 65 every day. This very influential group … [Read more...]

I’m away this week, squeezing in a bit of end-of-summer time with family. Below, I have reprised a Grapevine column from August 2011.  Here we are in the midst of the August doldrums. It may be … [Read more...]

It’s the dog days of August and I’m wilted from the heat we’ve been experiencing. I’ve decided for this week’s column to reprise a previous nugget I wrote for you. Hope you enjoy it. Here are … [Read more...]

A number of Western European countries have centuries-old thriving wine industries, established many years before the United States was a glimmer in the eye of the Founding Fathers. The United States … [Read more...]

This past weekend, as I sat at my keyboard contemplating the 616th published column of You Heard It through the Grapevine, an urge struck me to indulge in one of the topics of my previous … [Read more...]