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

The Sweet Partner in Crime had a conference to attend in Seattle recently. After our wonderful time last year in Vancouver , we decided to ...

This space has a long history with Malbec, the varietal that has become the national wine and biggest export from Argentina. Malbec was one...

August 7 th is national Purple Heart Day, a day to pay respect to those who were wounded or killed in the cause of protecting and defend...

Montepulciano, one of my favorite wine double-entendres. “Montepulciano” is a wine term that gets tied up in Italian wine naming conventio...

I promised you sporadic coverage. You can't say I don't deliver on my promises. When we left our pelotonic friends last, they were...

Hello there, cycling fans. For a quick recap of the actual race, Chris Froome of the soon-to-be-dis-United Kingdom still holds the yellow je...

Yes, there's a point to this. Read on. As we continue our occasional Tour de France coverage here at The Naked Vine, the peloton now...

Hey everyone! It's Tour de France time! You know, the one time a year where Americans pay cursory attention to the sport of cycling. (Th...

Bubbles and bittersweet don’t go together often around these parts. The mood’s a little downbeat around Vine HQ, even after receiving s...

“Grand Case? Why’ja wanna go to Grand Case?” –cab driver in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. “For lunch.” --The Sweet Partner in Crime. ...

I tried to pull a fast one on the Sweet Partner in Crime. I failed miserably. I was making one of my pastas a couple of nights ago. I t...

I had the opportunity to try a bottle of pretty high-end Champagne. Specifically, the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve , which typi...

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...