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

Hello friends! How you holding up out there? Ringed by the Dolomite Mountains in northeastern Italy, the Trento growing region has prove...

Hello, friends. These are quiet times around the vineyard, but as we round the horn into the beauty of fall around here, I’m starting to f...

Not long ago, I spent a very enjoyable afternoon with my Wizardly brother-from-another-mother and his lovely wife, the Breaker of Chains. ...

I casually peruse food articles, as you might guess. One emerging set of hot takes seems to revolve around brunch. Specifically, that brun...

Congratulations, you social animal, you! You scored an invite to a holiday party. People like you…they really like you! I mean, that is, ...

While we’re in Bubbles Mode, let’s look at Spain’s answer to inexpensive sparkling wine – and a longtime go-to staple around these parts…Ca...

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...

Bubbles and bittersweet don’t go together often around these parts. The mood’s a little downbeat around Vine HQ, even after receiving s...

I had the opportunity to try a bottle of pretty high-end Champagne. Specifically, the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve , which typi...

I love a wine with a good story. As you all know, I’m a big fan of bubbles. But I’ve never quite figured out what to do with Prosecco. ...

Neighbor Jeff and I make an annual trip to our local Big Wine Store to stock him up for his annual project. You may remember the adventures...

Homestretch of 2015! The year that was supposed to bring us Marty McFly’s vision of the Chicago Cubs victorious in the World Series turne...

Champagne. Sparkling wine. Spumante. Bubbly. It’s that time of year. Dom Perignon, the monk who popularized the concept of carbonat...

Since we’ve been on a bit of a sparkling wine kick around here, let’s take a look at another star of the world of inexpensive bubbles: Pros...