I am really excited to be showing these wines. I have always been aware that New York is among the top four wine producing states in the...

Yes, wines of New York is a category that I am excited to explore with my guests at Wine Time Online. As early as 2004, when I began...

I am on a mission to enlighten people to a variety of wine producing grapes that do not get the attention that they deserve, but produce...

One thing that I love about this project is how I get inspired to write about a grape, and I end up writing about the grapes frequently...

Marsanne is a grape varietal from the northern Rhone Valley of France. Marsanne usually portrays the role of rounding out the acidity in...

Melon de Bourgogne is rarely seen on the label of a wine bottle. The grape is used in the Loire Valley to produce the wines of Muscadet....

The Loire Valley is one of my favorite areas from which to source wines that win over guests to French wine. Loire wines are perhaps less...

One easy way to impress a food and wine person is to show them something that they have likely not seen in the past. Picpoul de Pinet is...

Absolutely some of my favorite wines produced in the world come from Alsace, on the French German border. The region lies between the...

In January 2020, just before the world stood still for a year, I had the opportunity to spend six short days in New Zealand. I flew into...

Grüner Veltliner is produced in Austria, and has had an exciting growth in the last decade in the United States. These Austrian white...

I love aromatic white wines. Viognier is one of my favorites. I first learned of the grape as the varietal used in the production of...

I am frequently told that Riesling is sweet. I have guests who chuckle when Riesling is mentioned, as if it is a faux pas to enjoy such a...

Sauvignon Blanc is a pretty popular white wine grape varietal, and one of my favorites to show in a compare and contrast style. Sauvignon...

I was introduced to Gewürztraminer at a restaurant that I worked at in the early 1990's. I had a brilliant, French-inspired menu and wine...

Pinot Blanc, called Pinot Bianco in Italy, is the third mutation of Pinot Noir that I have wrote about for this site, there are more......

As we approach summer, I like to recommend great sipping white wines to pair with boat rides, and campfires at dusk. Albariño is one such...