With alcohol, as with life itself, we enjoy a pronounced fondness for graceful aging. Women continue to fawn over Harrison Ford and Robert Redford as they approach their 80s. 55 year-old Kim Cattrall was continually portrayed as an object of desire for younger men in Sex In The City. Oenophiles, …
Roses are red, violets are blue, wine comes in all forms, from bubbles to ruby hues. Sip on these whimsical wonders as we celebrate April as National Poetry Month. Louis Sipp – 2010 Pinot Gris “Nature’S” Location: Alsace, France Price: $28 Score: 93 Pts Enchanting like the storybook villages …
From the days of their infamous “Riunite on Ice” commercials in the late 70’s, this iconic brand recently had a packaging makeover and has released its brand new look to the world. With its very first US sale dating back to 1967, for nearly 50 years Riunite Lambrusco has helped pave the …
I’m sure everyone can recall a time when they’ve laid a hand on a dusty, dirty bottle of wine at the back of kitchen cupboard. You carefully extract the cork like a neurosurgeon. Slowly pour a glass trying to avoid sediment. It smells like a fousty sofa in an old …
If spring’s around the corner, can rosé wines be far behind? To be honest, most wine lovers probably don’t think much about rosé wines before June or after September – some may never think about them at all – but during those hot and humid months, rosés seem a …
After all the beads, beer and Irish whiskey that make up Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s day, there’s no better time to sit back and relax with the sounds of jazz playing in the background while you savor an artisanal glass of wine. The following five stops are perfect for …
San Franciscan’s are very privileged individuals, but the San Francisco wine lover? Well, that brings privilege to a whole new scale. Each year, as April draws closer, the anticipation of America’s largest same-day ‘try and buy’ wine tasting inches ever closer. Wine lovers rejoice as they come to realize a …
As per our annual tradition, we’re giving away 4 VIP tickets worth a delicious $600 to this years San Francisco Vintners Market. All you have to do is enter below and we’ll let you know on April 3rd if you’re the winner! In celebration of another successful SFVM, we’re also …
Brice Jones produces some of the most remarkable Pinot Noir in America right now. But his Emeritus wines aren’t the entirety of the story. Indeed, Jones has been at the center of so much of California’s wine evolution. Brian Freedman spoke with him on the phone and it quickly became …
A lot of us know Stag’s Leap District as the appellation that made history in 1976 by putting American wines front and center. At a blind tasting that became known as the “Judgment of Paris,” nine French judges awarded first place in a blind tasting to the 1973 Stag’s Leap …
The trick to a good wine lounge is finding the place that not only has great wines by the glass or the bottle but they should also have great food. I am not one to drink wine without taking some time to nosh on something delicious that compliments the wine …
You’re an adventurer. You explore! You discover! You look to enrich your life! But you are constantly let down by beverage containers that can’t keep up with you, leaving you with tepid hot drinks and luke-warm cold ones—or even worse: no drink, due to a leaky cap. Suddenly, that “cheers …