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...

No one can work with wine without tipping back too much from time to time. The morning after. The headache, the nausea, and the sun, as N...

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...

Let’s pop back over to Spain for a moment, Rioja is not the only game in town when it comes to the fruitful production of grapey goodness....

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...

“Every culture makes wine to go with what they’re eating.” – Naked Vine Wine Pairing Rule #1. I have a slightly more difficult time pa...

  The sun’s setting on the last day of our Oregon vacation. I’m sitting on the back deck of the home of Bill Hanson with a fat glass of ...

“If God made anything better, He kept it for Himself.” -William S. Burroughs, Junky The Sweet Partner in Crime and I talked fo...

The joys of social media continue. I learned that tomorrow, September 1, is National Tempranillo Day from my new friends at TAPAS – The Tem...

When I'm in a hurry to get home, I occasionally come to the realization that -- horror of horrors -- we're out of general dinner dri...

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 ...

I really like writing the Vine most of the time. I enjoy cooking and discovering new pairings. I get truly excited when a new magazine wants...

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...