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

Viognier. It just sounds cool. Of course, you need to know how to say it first. I know I went an embarrassingly long time calling it somethi...

Love is in the stars - love's heaven sent Brush your lips and mine - taste my good intent Lay it on real close, inside my crazy arms Com...

Your intrepid wine blogger is completely housed after an afternoon tasting wine. More to come, including some great finds -- at least in ...

From my pal Danny Gold at Party Source: This St. Patrick’s Day, we are gathering up our shillelaghs to squash the famed Sasquatch , known as...

So, I get mail... Vine reader Steve K. asks: "You go through a lot of wine, and you seem to like most everything. I get it -- there...

Many thanks to Kelly and the good folks at Culinary School Guide . They included The Naked Vine on their list of the "Top 100 Blogs for...

"Why are you biased against chardonnay?" Huh? I got this question in an email from a reader not too long ago. I won't lie...it...

Those of you in the Cincinnati area are probably aware of the annual Cincinnati International Wine Festival in mid-March. That week's e...

The Scene: A novice wine drinker scurries nervously down the aisle of a local wine store. He studiously avoids eye contact with the "ov...

They may be inevitable -- but there's no reason we have to like them. I've tried to keep most of my politics out of this blog -- but...

I like to know what I'm drinking. One nice thing about American wines is that they're generally pretty easy to figure out. A sauvign...

One of my favorite times of the year at Liquor Direct . The wine staff has a little competition. They look for a wine that's under $50 (...

Every once in a blue moon, I get a request to sample wines that are just making their way to the market -- like last year when I sampled the...

I didn’t want to leave you hanging all thirsty for some new bottles to try. As you can see from the site index , a fair amount of wine gets ...

Now that I've had a couple of days to rehydrate so that my brain feels less like it's been slow-cooked in bacon grease, I can start ...