Wine Knowledge

Have you ever found small crystals on the bottom of a wine cork, glinting at the ...

Chilled Red Wine for Summer? Absolutely! Despite Pennsylvania’s unseasonably frosty April temperatures, May brings with it ...

Among the Champagnes, Proseccos, Cavas and other traditional holiday sparklers, you may have noticed another selection. ...

The banner in the tasting room read, “We Use Only Vinifera Grapes”. While I had heard ...

The word “Marsala” usually evokes thoughts of an ingredient used in cooking Veal or Chicken dishes. ...

I am not a religious person.  In fact, I am often unaware of various religious holidays.  ...

If you are interested in trying unique and unusual grapes but don’t know how to stray ...

A few years ago, our friend Robert from Pittsburgh visited us in northern New Mexico and ...

Get ready for more pink in the form of Prosecco rosé!  Last year, the Italian government ...

For those of us with meager or moderate means, familiarity with the First Growth Bordeaux vineyards ...

You have seen the terms “Organic”, “Sustainable”, and “Biodynamic” in reference to wines; but, what do ...

You may ask, “Why decant a wine?” and “Does decanting improve a wine?” According to Wine ...

With the recent popularity of pink wine, and explosion of new offerings coming on the market ...

If there is one wine that gets more scrutiny than others, it must be Champagne, if ...

I could have been in California when I ventured to Black Ankle a couple of Sundays ...

The mandated restrictions imposed upon us in March curtailed everyone’s work and/or social calendar. With plenty ...

I would bet most of us are familiar with “new wine” because of George DeBoeuf and ...

Recently I attended a christening for my newborn nephew and instead of arriving at the christening ...

I have many opportunities to chat with Customers throughout the work day in my capacity as ...

Beaujolais Nouveau is the first wine of the new harvest! The third Thursday of November is ...

As they rise to a crescendo of delight, the quality of champagne has often been measured ...

Well before the arrival of the Summer Solstice, wine palates begin to shift their seasonal preferences ...

You or someone you know may have complained of headaches presumably caused by sulfites in wine. ...

“Sweet, rich-textured, flower-scented and smooth.” For many of us, this may cause us to think of ...

My wife and I were really looking forward to our Sonoma-Napa wine vacation; nine days of ...

Some of our favorite wines come from Tuscany so we wanted to take a wine tour ...