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

Finally, a little chill in the air. Here at our new pad in The Pennsylvania, we’ve been dealing with some of the joys of home owners...

Oh, Spanish reds, how do I love thee? The Naked Vine Rule #1 of Food Pairings is “People make wine to go with the foods they love to e...

In my “Ten Years” retrospective, I copped to making a number of factual goofs when I was getting this good ol’ column off the ground. I...

I’ve been on a Grenache kick lately. This grape, grown… …wait, come back! Where are you going? This is not a parody column! Get your no...

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

[Ed. Note -- Jeff was a wee bit late this month, but we won’t hold it against him...] For September, I took a different course in preparin...

I'll readily admit to cribbing the idea for this column from a recent tasting by Brian Scott from Vintner Select. His spread of Spanish ...

One more time -- thanks so much to K2 and the gang at Liquor Direct in Covington and Ft. Thomas for being such fantastic hosts at the wine ...

One of the founding missions of the Vine was to alleviate "wine anxiety" -- the sinking feeling that comes when presented with eit...

Hangovers -- a hazard of the occupation. No one can work with wine without tipping back too much from time to time. The morning after. The h...

The Sweet Partner in Crime hits a birthday milestone this year. She's long said she wanted to be "floating in the Mediterranean ...

When my s.o. (girlfriend? partner? Is there a better term when you’re in your 30’s and shacking up?) read my last column, she came across my...