When I started studying wine, really studying in 2000, the curriculum included California, Washington, Oregon, and New York. The four...

Rkatsiteli is a grape varietal that I have only recently researched myself. I have been exploring wines that challenge me to think...

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...

If you have attended my classes, you know that I have a fairly concise description of the production process of red wines, It comes down...

Aaron and Tim went to Muscardini Cellars in Kenwood, Sonoma County. They are producing some very exciting Italian inspired wines. They...

Tempranillo is the grape that most frequently is associated with the wines of Rioja, Spain. Popular in the production of wines in Ribera...

Barbera is a purple skinned grape used to produce light bodied red wines in Piedmont, Italy as well as New world productions in...

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...

Often blended with Syrah and Mourvedre especially in the Rhone Valley of France. Grenache stands alone very well. The grape does very...

I just wrote the other day about Viognier, and I realized that almost all of my blog posts, thus far, have been about aromatic white...

In 1999, I worked in Minneapolis at a Brasserie. I learned several things about France, and French culture. Three have stayed with me for...

Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris is a rusty pink colored grape, a mutated clone of Pinot Noir, and most often makes a white wine. I will...

Pinot Noir is the black grape of Burgundy France, it is produced all over the world and is the principle component in Champagne...

Castello di Amorosa is an authentically-styled 13th century Tuscan castle winery in Calistoga in the heart of Napa Valley. Castello di...

My friend asked me the other day about Lagrein. She had never heard of the varietal before, and was ordering a selection of various wines...

People often ask me, “What is your favorite wine?” The question strikes me like “what is your favorite bodily organ?” I like each of them...