By Bill Primavera – There have been times through the many years I’ve offered advice as The Home Guru when I’ve made New Year’s predictions about the housing market for the coming year, and there have also been times when I
Read MoreI’ve penned several columns on the subject of sparkling wines. At this time of year, with the holidays looming and visions of tiny bubbles in a fluted glass dancing in my head, I become immersed in the joys of indulging
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Before I married, I had a roommate named Tom who was an excellent artist and craftsman, a fellow who added more taste and style to our place than one normally would expect to find in an apartment
Read MoreLast week I reported on the state of the cork industry. Improvements in cork technology and techniques have met the competing challenges of alternative bottle closures such as the screwcap and synthetic material. The incidence of cork taint, the result
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera For many years, I lived in a high-maintenance house, as high-maintenance as it could be: an old – really old – early 18th century colonial, built in 1734, with very few modern updates when I bought it.
Read MoreSeveral years ago, I penned a column discussing the relative qualities and desirability of various wine bottle closures. Consumers continue to be confronted with an assortment of alternatives to the traditional natural cork. Plastic corks, synthetic corks, hi-tech natural corks,
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – That time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is my favorite time of year as a homeowner. Others may prefer spring when the garden is waking up, so that they can be spending time outside, or mid- or
Read MoreIn the last few years, a glass of wine being sipped in movie scenes has become as common as a cigarette dangling from an actor’s lips in films over a good part of the last century. Just as this is
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Just recently when I referred to the Collyer brothers with a young couple, I was surprised to find that they were unaware of the reference. For anyone else who hasn’t heard of that famous name associated with
Read MoreIt’s Friday night. My wife and I are settling in for one of our favorite ways to unwind for the weekend: pizza, wine and a flick. We began this tradition in the days of VHS rentals at Blockbuster (yes, it’s
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