POSTED // Sep 21,2010 - Man’s first foray into crafting wine was not inspired by wine’s seductive aromatics, texture, depth of flavor or its resonating taste. It was more likely due to the natural conversion of sugar into alcohol...

POSTED // Aug 10,2010 - While “firm, tight and charming” might sound like someone you’d like to shag, those same attributes are used to describe wine in tasting notes.

POSTED // May 25,2010 - Call me a hopeless romantic, but I find great comfort knowing that Mother Nature provides the raw materials for the production of wine—one of the world’s oldest and most civilized beverages ...

POSTED // Mar 24,2010 - Well-executed restaurant wine service is a filter that deters flawed wines from flowing into guests’ glasses. At times, it may seem pretentious and drawn out...

POSTED // Mar 10,2010 - The wine critic's numerical assessment of wine has become more important to most consumers than the winery, region, varietal or vintage ...

POSTED // Feb 3,2010 - Eventually, the temperance movement, anti-alcohol groups and French winemakers attacked the spirit and attributed insane acts, social problems and crimes to its consumption.

POSTED // Dec 2,2009 - In every genre of music, the manner in which notes, chords and beats come into synchrony determines the success of a line, stanza or one-hit wonder.

POSTED // Nov 25,2009 - As a sommelier, I'm frequently confronted with the question: what's your most memorable glass of wine?

POSTED // Oct 28,2009 - Although slim, healthy and still active, the gray hairs seem to be winning and he frequently gets called “old-timer"...

POSTED // Oct 7,2009 - David Perkins, proprietor and distiller at High West Distillery, is fine with that kind of feedback.