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

One of my first turns on the pouring side of a tasting table was back in 2007 at a fabulous fundraising event called Wine over Water . Th...

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...

While enjoying our Tapas Tuesday kick, I received an offer to sample a few bottles of sherry. Sherry’s popularity peaked in the 1970’s in t...

Since joining our CSA , the Sweet Partner in Crime and I have challenged ourselves to power our way through every last vegetable in that wo...

The last jaunt the Sweet Partner in Crime and I made to California, we spent most of our time in the Sonoma Coast AVA. That close to the Pa...

A few weeks ago, I received an invitation for a wonderful sounding wine-tasting luncheon at a restaurant called Faith and Flower featuring w...

Terroir comes up quite a bit around here, obviously. To refresh your memory, terroir is the combination of soil geology and composition, ...

Chilean wines benefit from the country’s unique geography. The Andes border the various winegrowing regions on the east and the Pacific O...

Celebrations abound at Vine HQ! Your intrepid reviewer just had a bit of a milestone birthday, coupled with graduating with his doctorate f...

Most everyone’s got a “house wine.” In Vine Land, when there are new bottles showing up on a fairly regular basis, it’s comforting to...

Following the slate of Italian rosés came another non-traditional entry into the pink wine market – the Rainbow Nation of South Africa.  ...

A new sample of liquid goodness recently made its way across the threshold at Vine HQ -- a sample which was definitely a bit of a changeup ...

A bit of a changeup to conclude this little pre-St. Patrick's triple -- a representative from a family of potent potable not seen befo...

The next item in the St. Pat's Pack is not a stranger around these parts: There are few more distinct brandings than the offering...

This winter's thrown my internal clock for a loop. I can always sense the start of Spring in my bones. I get that tickle in my hindbrain...

The common knowledge of Italian sparkling wine begins and ends with two particular types of sparklers: Prosecco and Moscato. Prosecco...

In March 2009, I took my first spin through the  Cincinnati International Wine Festival , doing my level best to spin and sip my way through...