A Parisian Wine Adventure: Tasting France at Ô Chateau
By Matthew Point |
Paris is known for its rich history, stunning architecture, and world-class cuisine, and for wine lovers, ...
Lesser-Known Wine Regions (That You Should Know About): Uruguay
By Robyn Meadows |
Everyone is familiar with the South American wines of Argentina, particularly their renowned Malbecs, and Chile, ...
A New Year’s Celebration in Napa: Wine, Food, and Unforgettable Experiences
By Matthew Point |
To kick off 2025, we embarked on a wine-lover’s dream trip to Napa Valley, immersing ourselves ...
Bobal from Spain
By Barry Hixson |
When one’s son is a chef, but lives out of state, it is indeed a special ...
Lesser-Known Wine Regions (that you should know about): Michigan
By Robyn Meadows |
When thinking of Michigan, images of the Great Lakes and the automobile industry may come to ...
How French Winemakers Outwitted the Nazis
By John May |
French winemakers played an essential role in the French Resistance which aided the Allied troops in ...
Lesser-Known Wine Regions (that you should know about): England
By Robyn Meadows |
Historically, England has mostly been known as a major importer of wines but in recent years, ...
Lesser-Known Wine Regions (that you should know about): CRETE
By Robyn Meadows |
Winemaking on the Greek island of Crete dates back over 3000 years to the Minoan period. ...
White Malbec
By John May |
Recently on a trip to Bonaire I stopped to pick up some wines and happened to ...
Sassicaia
By Scott Casper |
The birth of Sassicaia. When Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta married Marchesa Clarice della Gherardesca in ...
The Science Behind Red Wine Headaches
By Robyn Meadows |
Do you or someone you know react to red wine – maybe a headache, or facial ...
Who Changed My Wine?
By Robyn Meadows |
It’s well established that human activity has contributed to an increase in greenhouse gasses in the ...
The Ins and Outs of Wine Buying Clubs
By Keith Sealing |
Pictured below: three bottles that I never would have found on my own but discovered through ...
Are varietal-specific wine glasses worth it?
By Keith Sealing |
Short answer: yes! But one sentence does not make much of a blog so let me ...
Aging Wines – a Lesson with Petit Syrah
By Cathy Boyd |
Two bottles drunk in the cooler months earlier this year – one left good memories; the ...
Fleurie
By Averill Shepps |
With summer, we need to seek wines that go with summer foods; foods that are simpler, ...
The ABCs of Wine Tasting Part III – SIP – SIP – HOORAY!
By Cindy Shingler |
Since wine is made of 100% grapes, everything you taste comes from the grapes themselves! That ...
Port!
By Robyn Meadows |
Sherry is not the only fortified wine from the Iberian Peninsula. Perhaps better known than sherry ...
The ABCs of Wine Tasting Part II – Color and Aroma
By Cindy Shingler |
It’s time to fill a glass and follow along. Grab your favorite red, white or rose ...
Mexico’s Secret: World Class Wines
By Keith Sealing |
How can you resist trying a wine named after, “The first flower that blooms on the ...
Clicquot – The Movie
By Robyn Meadows |
The Pennsylvania Wine Society isn’t the only group interested in women and wines. In the coming ...
The ABCs of Wine Tasting Part I – Aroma and Flavor
By Cindy Shingler |
Wine Speak - What’s It All About? When I joined the PA Wine Society, I was ...
Wine Labels – Art and Memento
By Keith Sealing |
You might be throwing some great wall art away in the recycle bin! I’m talking about ...
Sabering Champagne
By Keith Sealing |
The topic of sabering Champagne came up when our table heard the popping of a cork ...
The Power of Phenols
By Sheila Rickert |
Wine literature is replete with references to phenols, polyphenols and phenolic compounds, but what exactly are ...
About Champagne
By Wine Cat |
Champagne was developed in France about 300 years ago from a process involving lots of chemistry ...
Versatile Chambourcin
By Robyn Meadows |
It may not be one of the noble grapes, but Chambourcin is worthy of our attention ...
Think Pink: The Expanding World of Italian Rosé
By Sheila Rickert |
When we think of Italian wines, our thoughts typically trend told bold reds, with perhaps a ...
Mach what? … of Jet Fighters and Champagne
By Wine Cat |
You’re familiar with the popping noise that occurs when a bottle of Champagne is uncorked. There ...
How Long Ago Did Grapes Exist?
By Laura Reich |
Which came first, wine or beer? We may never truly know but scientists and historians generally ...
Fermentation: The Magic That Creates Wine
By Robyn Meadows |
We all know that fermentation is the secret to wine. Without fermentation, we’d be drinking grape ...
Mauzac, an Unusual Grape
By Averill Shepps |
I enjoy attending the tastings at the local Wine and Spirits Stores where I encounter wines ...
Georgian Wines
By Robyn Meadows |
Georgia (the country and former Soviet Republic) is widely considered the “cradle of wine.” Archaeologists have ...
Wines of South America: To Malbec and Beyond!
By Sheila Rickert |
Mention South American wine varietals and the mind immediately goes to Malbec. The Argentine classic has ...
Cork Sparkles!
By Wine Cat |
Have you ever found small crystals on the bottom of a wine cork, glinting at the ...
Chilled Red Wine for Summer?
By Sheila Rickert |
Chilled Red Wine for Summer? Absolutely! Despite Pennsylvania’s unseasonably frosty April temperatures, May brings with it ...
Pét Nat: Sparkling Wine’s Unruly Step-Child
By Sheila Rickert |
Among the Champagnes, Proseccos, Cavas and other traditional holiday sparklers, you may have noticed another selection. ...
The Significance of Vinifera Grapes
By Sheila Rickert |
The banner in the tasting room read, “We Use Only Vinifera Grapes”. While I had heard ...
Marsala… is not just for cooking!
By Joe Via |
The word “Marsala” usually evokes thoughts of an ingredient used in cooking Veal or Chicken dishes. ...
Va La Vineyard
in Avondale, Pennsylvania
By PWS Board |
I am not a religious person. In fact, I am often unaware of various religious holidays. ...
Unique & Unusual
Gros Manseng
By Averill Shepps |
If you are interested in trying unique and unusual grapes but don’t know how to stray ...
Wine in The Land of Enchantment
By Laura Reich |
A few years ago, our friend Robert from Pittsburgh visited us in northern New Mexico and ...
Merging Two Pleasures in One Wine: Rosé Prosecco
By Dave Williams |
Get ready for more pink in the form of Prosecco rosé! Last year, the Italian government ...
Belated Comeuppance ~ Bordeaux
By Dave Williams |
For those of us with meager or moderate means, familiarity with the First Growth Bordeaux vineyards ...
Organic, Sustainable, and Biodynamic Wines – The Differences
By PWS Board |
You have seen the terms “Organic”, “Sustainable”, and “Biodynamic” in reference to wines; but, what do ...
Decanting Wine
By PWS Board |
You may ask, “Why decant a wine?” and “Does decanting improve a wine?” According to Wine ...
One Sommelier’s Guide to Picking a Good Pink Wine
By Dave Williams |
With the recent popularity of pink wine, and explosion of new offerings coming on the market ...
Another Reason for Cork
By Dave Williams |
If there is one wine that gets more scrutiny than others, it must be Champagne, if ...
My Visit to Black Ankle Vineyards
By PWS Board |
I could have been in California when I ventured to Black Ankle a couple of Sundays ...
Sharing COVID-19 Wine Experiences – Drinking #1!
By Cathy Boyd |
The mandated restrictions imposed upon us in March curtailed everyone’s work and/or social calendar. With plenty ...
New Wines – There is more than Beaujolais Nouveau
By Dave Williams |
I would bet most of us are familiar with “new wine” because of George DeBoeuf and ...
Gifting a Birth Year Wine
By Cathy Boyd |
Recently I attended a christening for my newborn nephew and instead of arriving at the christening ...
“It’s Beaujolais Nouveau Time!”
By PWS Board |
Beaujolais Nouveau is the first wine of the new harvest! The third Thursday of November is ...
TINY Bubbles!
By Dave Williams |
As they rise to a crescendo of delight, the quality of champagne has often been measured ...
How Rose Wines Are Made
By PWS Board |
Well before the arrival of the Summer Solstice, wine palates begin to shift their seasonal preferences ...
Wine Headaches and The Causes
By PWS Board |
You or someone you know may have complained of headaches presumably caused by sulfites in wine. ...
There’s a Fungus Among Us
By Chris Hammacher |
“Sweet, rich-textured, flower-scented and smooth.” For many of us, this may cause us to think of ...
Going Rogue (AKA Oregon by way of Phoenix… you figure it out)
By Scott Casper |
My wife and I were really looking forward to our Sonoma-Napa wine vacation; nine days of ...
Our Wine Tour of Tuscany
By Scott Casper |
Some of our favorite wines come from Tuscany so we wanted to take a wine tour ...