Bargain Basement Wines – Black Swan Rocks
From it’s stylish and cool black ‘synth’ cork and label, to it’s recyclable green-tinged bottle, this stylish wine from way down under …
Behind The Grape-Wall Of China
Do I really want a bottle of wine with a stamp, MADE IN CHINA on it? Even if it’s, good? It’s no …
Jakki’s Temecula Wine Tours
One of the biggest mistakes a person can make when venturing out into Temecula Wine Country is just drive down the main …
Wine is a Business – Tasting Etiquette
Every once in a while I abuse this forum to get up on my soap box. This morning being one of those …
Taking The Mystery Out Of Wine
The other day I came across the statement “taking the mystery out of wine and making it fun.” For some reason this …
Give Me Choices
It wasn’t all that long ago that I was up in the Santa Maria area for the Santa Barbara Vintner’s Festival. It …
Put A Razor’s Edge In Your Mouth
Howdy Wino’s! I may be finding a way back into Wine-dom and go figure, it may be an Australian wine at that! …
SLO Education
The more I learn about wine, the less I know. Structure. Terroir. Chewy. Smoky. Leather. Mid-palate. Malolactic fermentation. Cult wine. Food pairing. …
The Chicken or the Egg?
It was one of those crazy Saturdays in wine country where in the tasting room required me to project my voice so …
A Toast To Temecula
If you pick up the “Wine Bible”, touted as the “most complete wine book ever” by Karen MacNeil, you will not find …