Wine Reviews
I Love German Wine and Food – a Mittlerhein Reisling
If you are looking for fine German wine and food, consider the Mittelrhein region of southwestern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local Riesling Kabinett.The Mittelrhein is castle country. It starts out just south of the former [...]
Virgin Wines’ Discovery Wine Club – the Clever Way to Buy Wine
Let’s just say, you’d be crazy not to join the Virgin Wines’ Discovery Wine Club. Boutique wines, a personalised service and all the flexibility from a wine club that you could possibility need. Do you know of any other wine club offering these benefits?Virgin Wines believes in selecting handcrafted, boutique wines especially for you. We [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – a Beaujolais Nouveau Dated 2007
This article examines an extremely successful marketing campaign – Beaujolais Nouveau, the French red wine that arrives just in time for Thanksgiving. This wine is released for sale at one minute past midnight on the third Thursday in November. In the next 24 hours over one million cases will be sold. During the coming year, [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – A Loire Valley Bourgueil
are in the market for fine French wine and food, why not consider the Loire Valley region of central France? You may find a bargain, and I hope that you?ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour where we review a red Bourgueil wine based on Cabernet Franc with perhaps a touch of Cabernet [...]
Some Wine Buying Tips
Many wine buyers and collectors prefer to go to wineries to ensure that they make the right purchase of fine wines. You may find experts and wine critics where you travel. They know everything about the most popular wine brands, quality fine wines, and the vintage wines.However, there are professional wine critics that have their [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – A White Chateauneuf-du-Pape
are looking for fine French wine and food, consider the Rhone Valley region of southeastern France. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review one the area’s best-known wines, a white Chateauneuf-du-Pape that comes from some of the stoniest vineyards you’ll [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – a Touraine (loire Valley) White
If you are looking for fine French wine and food, why not consider the Loire Valley region of central France? You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll enjoy yourself on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a white Sauvignon Blanc-Chardonnay from Touraine in the eastern part of the region.Among [...]
I Love Italian Wine and Food – a 2007 Vino Novello (new Wine)
It’s been quite some time since we have written about Italian wines. Make no mistake, we still love them. But we ran through all twenty regions of Italy (not literally) and reviewed at least one wine from each region with two exceptions. Then we proceeded to review French and German wines. There are scads of [...]
The Top Ten Reasons I Hate Wine – One, the Unconscionable Expense
Some of you may know me from my wine article series “I Love Italian Wine and Food,” similar French and German series, and travel articles that always manage to discuss local wine and food. It’s true; I really do love wine and food from Italy, France, Germany, and other countries as well. But I also [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – A Rose From Provence
are hankering for fine French wine and food, why don’t you should consider the world famous Provence region in southeastern France? You may even find a bargain wine in this sun-drenched ideal tourist location, marred only by the excessive number of tourists. I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour of [...]