The Naked Vine: Wine Advice for the Rest of Us.™

Australian wine played a major role in the early days of my wine education. I was in graduate school, invited to one of my first “grownup...

I’ve been on a Grenache kick lately. This grape, grown… …wait, come back! Where are you going? This is not a parody column! Get your no...

In case you’re wondering what to do with next weekend, since the Super Bowl is still a week away, you could consider throwing an Australia D...

Another orbit of ol’ Sol is complete, bringing us back once again to the reasonably-annual Naked Vine New Year’s Feast & Festival of S...

Editor's Note : It is with a heavy heart that I present the last entry of Jeff's Wine & Dinner of the Month Club. What started a...

I had a couple of requests after the last column (“ A Chill in the Air, some Reds for your Glass ") for a companion piece on cool-wea...

It’s July and that means parades, flags, fireworks and RIBS! This year Christine and I were visiting her sister Vida and brother-in-law (a...

I had the good fortune last week to co-lead a tasting with my pal Danny Gold from Party Source. The theme of the tasting changed quite a bit...

A quick programming note before we get rolling. I’m going to be co-leading a wine tasting with Danny Gold on Wednesday evening (March 9, 201...

After our forays into hard and soft cheeses, the time has arrived to have a peek of the most polarizing province of the cheese kingdom, stin...

Ah, the time of the year when big dinners, social events, and travel plans thicken on the calendar like grandma’s gravy. If you’re anything ...

When I do wine tastings, a lot of people say, “I don’t like dry wines – I only like sweet wines.” There’s nothing inherently wrong with liki...