Tasting one-on-one
As we commence 2020, I’m reminded of just how personal a business wine can be. It is a global industry but in a very real ...
The gift of wine
Taking a bottle of wine to a dinner party has always been among the warmest ways of saying thank you to a dinner invitation. Gifting ...
How to be the best Santa ever!
Whatever holiday(s) you celebrate as the year winds down, wine is always a welcome gift, so of course I have some suggestions for allaying those ...
Don’t chicken out on a winey Thanksgiving
If you are a wine lover, when the assignments are handed out for constructing holiday meals you probably are asked to bring the wine. It’s ...
And we’re off!
The other day on the radio, I heard a holiday song called It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and it couldn’t be more ...
Making Noise at a Silent Auction
VeritageMiami continued on March 3 with the Bubbly Brunch at The Ritz-Carlton on the Key, a meal that also included an auction to raise funds ...
Toasting the New
With VeritageMiami coming up in February and March, naturally I’m thinking a good deal about all the exciting new craft beers and wines that will ...
Having a No-Risk Holiday
The year-end holiday season comes with all sorts of details to juggle – holiday decorations, endless Christmas music no matter where you go, festivities to ...
It’s Nouveau Season
It’s the time serious red wine lovers love to hate, the season of Beaujolais Nouveau. While many condemn the trendiness of Beaujolais Nouveau as a ...
Global Warming Reaches for a Cold One
I’ve never met a winemaker who doubted the reality of climate change – like everyone who works in agriculture, winemakers (and especially those who grow ...