All went well for grape-growing through spring and summer in Missouri, but uncooperative weather in September and October threw the state a curve, and while the whites and some of the red grapes came through swimmingly, the state's most highly-read more-
Have you ever tasted a wine with a big buttered popcorn aroma? Have you ever wondered how in the world a product made from grape juice could smell like a movie theater? It turns out that bacteria can be responsible-read more-
BC is home to five official wine-growing regions or DVAs (designated viticultural areas): Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. Its most established and arguably most important DVA, the Okanagan, runs long and narrow from the Canada/U.S.-read more-
All Hallows Eve is nigh. Halloween…a night of ghosts and goblins, tricks and treats, frights and bewitching. Boo, yah. How does wine connect to Halloween? Well, the annual crop of cutesy Hallo-wine labels is one way. But I think wine lovers-read more-
From the Walla Walla Valley: In July and August over 1,800 acres of grapes were basking in 90 to 100 degree temperatures, making it an early harvest the first week of September in the Walla Walla Valley. And by the-read more-
My first encounter with Inedit made me extremely apprehensive, even before my first sip. This beer is a new offering by Damm brewmasters, working with Spanish chef Ferran Adrià and his sommeliers. It’s a coupage of barley malt and wheat,-read more-
Two months ago, Ashley V. Routson (Drink with the Wench) and I departed on a journey so brilliant I am amazed no one had done it before. Before I go into detail about Project Y-ine, first a quick rewind: A-read more-
To age or not to age? With wine, the question is hardly simple—the complications are practically countless, and the risk/reward quotient naturally intensifies over time. Personal taste, of course, is akey to determining if one should even be holding wines for the-read more-