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

When I started filling this space with words, the cultural touchstone for wine was a 2004 indie-film-that-blew-up called Sideways . The ev...

I make no bones about my love of Pinot Noir. I do find, though, that I end up regularly purchasing a bottle less often than I probably shou...

One of my first turns on the pouring side of a tasting table was back in 2007 at a fabulous fundraising event called Wine over Water . Th...

“I like Cabernet.” “I like Merlot.” “I like Zinfandel.” These are typical responses to “What’s your favorite type of wine?” Simpl...

Terroir comes up quite a bit around here, obviously. To refresh your memory, terroir is the combination of soil geology and composition, ...

Welcome to 2012, everyone! May it be an excellent year for us all. This year’s started off with a bang here, thanks to the welcome return ...

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...

Can you feel the cool on the underside of the breeze? It’s a’comin, folks. Real fall weather. Red wine season. I personally go through a lot...

Wine tastings. Sources of inspiration, knowledge, and occasionally a pretty decent buzz by the time all’s said and done. When I’m asked how ...

Some of you may remember the happiness that was our “Cherries Jubilee” dinner. As a refresher, the Sweet Partner in Crime and I were lucky e...

So, I get mail... Vine reader Steve K. asks: "You go through a lot of wine, and you seem to like most everything. I get it -- there...

Last week’s Wine over Water event went well. The week before the event, the remnants of Hurricane Ike slammed Cincinnati with an awful wind...

Overlooking the simple pleasure of a getaway is far too easy. The Sweet Partner in Crime treated me to a weekend vacation at Natural ...

I was recently asked, "So…Wine Guy…what wines do you usually have just sitting around to drink at home?" Aside from the sheepish l...