FROM THE WIRES... Holiday planning seems to get earlier and earlier each year, so you are likely already starting to map out what to pour...

FROM THE WIRES... The boutique Livermore Valley wine estate is defined by its unique grape varietal plantings (think Touriga National,...

FROM THE WIRES... Holiday entertaining season is upon us! Impress your guests and elevate your drink menu with Cristalino cocktails from...

FROM THE WIRES... Texas Fine Wine is excited to offer the Texas Fine Wine Holiday Bundle again this year. This 4-bottle holiday pack...

by Andrew Chalk Guinigi is an Italian wine company that is a little bit different. Instead of focusing on one area or region Guinigi...

by Andrew Chalk The importance of out-of-state wine competitions to Texas wine is that they put the state up against wines from outside...

by Andrew Chalk It is at Blind Bishop, which seems appropriate for a Sunday. 16+ Italian wines available to taste in 1oz, 3oz or 5oz...

by Andrew Chalk The story of Masottina--the one and only Prosecco featured in Wine Spectator's 2021 Top 100 Wines list--started in 1946,...

FROM THE WIRES SAUVAGE DISTILLERY LAUNCHES UPSTATE VODKA, A SPIRIT MADE FROM 100% NEW YORK STATE APPLES Master Distiller Ken Wortz Taps...

FROM THE WIRES... Penderyn Distillery is delighted to announce that superstar footballer Gareth Bale has become a shareholder of the...

FROM THE WIRES... Social Oak Wine & Whiskey Lounge Now Open in Trophy Club The upscale lounge features a large selection of wines and...

by Andrew Chalk We are just hundreds of days away from what, for many Americans, is the biggest family get-together of the year -...

Part 1: Background, and the first half of his lectures by Andrew Chalk Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) is the Austrian who invented...

by Andrew Chalk Remember Benriach? They impressed us with their Speyside single malts a year ago. Later they showed their power to really...

FROM THE WIRES... Innovative Négociant Representing Terroir-Driven Wines Announces Line Extension for its Flagship Sonoma Winery SONOMA,...

by Andrew Chalk It is not every day that you get to dine with Bacchus. God of "wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness,...

by Andrew Chalk In 2020 I wrote that the quaint but tiny town of Mason was emerging as one of the next wine industry clusters in the...

by Andrew Chalk We are just days away from what, for many Americans, is the biggest family get-together of the year - Thanksgiving....

by Andrew Chalk When the 2022 edition of this long-running guide (hereafter HJPWB) was released, I reviewed it and reported that I found...

by Andrew Chalk We are just days away from what, for many Americans, is the biggest family get-together of the year - Thanksgiving....

FROM THE WIRES Flat Top Hills Celebrates International Pinot Noir Day with Introduction of New Wine Offering Winery Will Also Introduce...

Allegretto Vineyard Resort Is In a Class of its Own by Andrew Chalk Prior to the pandemic, I traveled a lot on business and invariably...

FROM THE WIRES... SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 26th, 2022 – Symington Family Estates, producer of some of the finest Ports in the world...

by Andrew Chalk A new winery founded in 2021 by Scott Monette and Mirta Leon Poiseu in Mason, Texas. Scott was not always a Texas wine...