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

Over the Vine’s period of years, I’ve seen wine trends come and go. Wineries merge, brands change, labels change. Early on in my tasting ti...

We’re three weeks away from The Big Feed and you need to start thinking about buying wine. Since you’re the classy, thoughtful individual t...

(Reposting, since I've had a few requests for this...) The stretch from Hallow’een to New Year’s is often the most heavily-packed time...

Keeping with our theme this week of wine for fun social events, here are a couple of additional bottles for consideration as party season g...

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

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...

Not long ago, my father-in-law sent me a voucher for “$100 off a case from Naked Wines” that he’d received in one publication or oth...

I’ve written about wines from Biltmore Estate Winery once before. Back in July, I went to a conference in Asheville, North Carolina...

Pumbaa : “Hey, kid, what's eatin' ya?” Timon : “Nothin'. He's on top of the food chain!” -The Lion King Astute obs...

If  you're casting about for things to check out over the upcoming long weekend, a couple of the local wineries we've featured here ...

I’ve neglected German Riesling for a bit around these parts. Not long after I started the Vine, I got asked in an interview what my favori...

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...

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...