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In last week’s blog post, I covered the basics of tasting wine properly along with some general thoughts on why taking the time to really...

You can certainly enjoy a glass of wine by simply sipping it without really thinking about what you are drinking. But truly enjoying and...

Inflation is raging these days and we are all looking for ways to save some money to make our dollars go farther. Luckily, there are...

I miss Virginia wines. I miss living less than an hour from Virginia wine country and dozens of great wineries producing world-class...

I’m not a wine snob. Never have been and never will be. Or so I thought. But after an objective assessment using rigorous scientific data...

Everybody likes a good bargain, and while I have never been a “coupon clipper” like my lovely sister-in-law “Discount Dee”, I do get...

Food and wine bring people together. But what about when your dinner companions are your sworn mortal enemies? Is that dinner destined to...

I almost decided to call my blog “Grub, Grains, Grapes and Grunge” to reflect the enormous role music plays in enhancing all of my food...

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday and one of my favorites. I mean, who wouldn’t look forward to a day focused solely on...

If you don’t know it already, there are A LOT of rules and guidelines out there on how to drink wine properly. But who wants to live life...

A normal wine splurge for me is $25, so when I actually spent ten times that amount on a bottle of wine, I was either temporarily insane...