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

Images of Oktoberfest -- overflowing beer steins, overweight men in lederhosen, Chad Johnson leading the chicken dance, and…wine? Yep. ...

Wine cellar. Wonderful words -- evoking an air of distinction, privilege, and, most importantly, a ready store of really good vintage for on...

A shorter sprout of the Vine this week, as I’m finally starting to catch up at work and otherwise after our trip Down East in Maine. I’d onc...

Another journey south of the Equator, readers. This time, the other side of the Andes is our destination -- the world's fifth largest wi...

Beaujolais is seductive -- the quintessential "gateway wine." Many casual wine drinkers who find red wines "too strong" ...

Quick Quiz: Name the country in the Western Hemisphere with the longest tradition of wine production… Considering I’ve already given away th...

I start this installment with a hearty thank-you to my readers -- both those who have known me and my interest in wine since well before the...

Early in the running of 1991’s Academy Award-winning Silence of the Lambs, serial killer Hannibal Lecter gives us one of history’s most famo...

So reads the liner note stipulation on Lou Reed’s…ahem…"experimental" 1975 Metal Machine Music . On this, Sweet Jane's father ...

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...

The August 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine has a sidebar – “Best Wines for Grilling.” Don’t get me wrong – I enjoy that magazine. I leaf thr...

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