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

The time’s come again, folks – Mother’s Day. The day to thank Mom for changing our diapers, wiping our tears, and laying the foundatio...

Montepulciano, one of my favorite wine double-entendres. “Montepulciano” is a wine term that gets tied up in Italian wine naming conventio...

Ah, Tuscany -- how we love you. Home of all those wonderful Sangiovese grapes which get turned into Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano...

Most everyone’s got a “house wine.” In Vine Land, when there are new bottles showing up on a fairly regular basis, it’s comforting to...

A chance to explore the “other half” of my favorite wine double-entendre? Sign me up! What the heck am I talking about? I’m just talkin’...

Oh, do we love ourselves some pizza around the household. Pizza’s so deliciously egalitarian. Make it however you like it. Toppings, your ch...

Ah, Italian wine. Love it. Love it. Love it. As the foodie that I am, I’m hard pressed to come up with wine that goes better with a meal tha...

A couple of years ago, I was going to assemble my world-famous (or at least within the world of the household) Eggplant Parmesan. I knew n...