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

As I've gotten older and more full of years, my palate's changed a bit. Lighter-styled wines have been finding their way to our ta...

Fall, finally! Cooler nights, bigger foods, darker drinks. Once the weather starts to turn away from heat, I tend to turn my sights ba...

There are wines in the Vine’s archives from all over the world – but one place we haven’t stopped often in our oenological travels is Greec...

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

Before the Naked Vine was but a twinkle in my virtual eye, I was a fairly prodigious homebrewer. This was before the early-aught’s explosion...

Would you drink wine from a can? Should you? Wine in a can? Sure. Let's do this! Our neighbor, Christine the Pie Queen, relay...

Quick…”Austria” – what just popped to mind? The Hapsburg Dynasty? Any one of a list of composers longer than my arm? A certain ex-governor ...

Class #1 -- Introduction to the main varietals/Reds Class #2 -- Whites Class #3 -- Pinot Noir Class #4 -- Sauvignon Blanc Class #5 -- Ca...