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

As T-Day draws nigh, emails run about 50/50 between requests for recommendations with various holiday food and inquiries into what's goi...

The state of Washington's been pretty good to me lately. Not long after putting together my reviews for Maryhill Winery, I got a request...

A little something for you to do after you recover from your tryptophan haze on Thanksgiving weekend. This release from our friends at Kinke...

When you write a column like this one, it's easy to fall into a rut. Therefore, interspersed among my normal columns, I've decided t...

Hello, everyone... In the interest of keeping the vine growing, I thought I'd post and answer some of the reader questions that I get ...

Vine reader Lee D. posits this scenario: I joined a group last week at a (sports - of course) bar where multiple screens were showing Blues ...

After my foray with Maryhill Winery , I jealously read K2's " Washington Wine road trip ." The state's been pretty good to...

When I attended the Cincinnati International Wine Festival , I noted that Maryhill Wineries in Goldendale, Washington, was one of the label...

I’m going to relive the Phoenix’s recent wine dinner -- not just so you all get to hear about how perfectly cooked the lamb was, how fresh t...

I'll admit, I can be influenced by wine marketing. Larry Lockshin, an Australian researcher on wine consumerism, determined that the ave...

Hungry, thirsty area foodies looking for something tasty to do this week should take note. The Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati will be host...

There might be a little dust on the bottle, Don't let it fool ya about what's inside. -David Lee Murphy Last night, my brother-i...

It's that time again. The 3rd Annual Wine Over Water wine tasting event on the Purple People Bridge between Newport and Cincinnati. You...

The flipside to that whole "getting away from a wine varietal that I've really enjoyed in the past but haven't tried in awhile...

Palumbo 2006 "Tre Fratelli" Estate Reserve Meritage -- From Temecula, 40% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, 20% cabernet franc. A B...