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

Hello, friends! Yes, the Naked Vine is still alive and well -- just transplanted! There's been a lot going on in VineLand over the l...

I took a look at wines that try to win your heart with interesting bottle designs before. A new entry to this category is the Voga Itali...

Let’s play “Name that country:” A)     Approximately 25% of the population works in the wine industry. B)     Its citizens consume ...

Pinot grigio usually isn’t my speed. While I’ve come to enjoy Italian whites more and more (I feel pretty safe with almost any varietal...

“Just in time for the holidays,” started the release that accompanied the latest set of samples from O’Neill Vintners – California-based mak...

Here’s another pair of California summer whites, this time from Geyser Peak. The winery dates back to some of the original Sonoma growers...

Summertime sippers. Got to have them. A pair of samples from Pepi Wines showed up not long ago. Astute readers of the Vine may remembe...

A little dizzy, a little fizzy. Sometimes you have to appreciate a wine for what it is instead of what it isn’t. Lauren at Hunter PR a...

An apt description. Another round of thanks to Stacey at Balzac for sending along a set of samples from Pepi Winery, one of the sub-l...

First, let me send another thank you to the good folks at Folsom who sent along a few of the whites from the Big House line of wines for s...

On returning from a recent conference, I discovered Wine Fairy had visited. A sample pack of Pepperwood Grove wines, courtesy of our friend...

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 ...

On the heels of my review of the Dreaming Tree wines , Megan at Constellation (thanks again!) asked me if I’d like to give the “Simply Nak...

Hope folks didn’t mind bit of a pause while the Sweet Partner in Crime and I were vacationing (well, I was – she had to work for a few days....

The Naked Vine’s social calendar has been loaded the last couple of weekends. As I posted before, I had the opportunity to lead one tasting ...

The Naked Grape is a new line of wines from Grape Valley Wine Company in Modesto, California. They do four varietals: Pinot Grigio, Chardon...

You may remember back in the late aughts when my dear neighbor Christine the Pie Queen challenged me to write a column on box wines. After ...