Wine Reviews and Accessories

2000 Select Zinfandel Port  “Crazy About Wine” has chosen 2000 Select Zinfandel Port as the Wine of the Week.  It’s a deep ripe blackberry with plum flavors.  It’s a delightful wine highlighted by a touch of cedar and a whiff of smoke. Zinfandel is grown by over 200 producers, and the quality and character of [...]

Gather your friends for a wine tasting.  Unofficial wine tastings use to be very popular.  Is the decrease due to the economy?  Probably, but it is time to pop your corks again.  Have everyone bring a bottle of wine, make it a red night or a white wine night, and keep the bottles covered so [...]

If you have some extra cash, then you may want to start shopping for investment grade wines, and browsing your favorites from the top-of-line producers. The wine market is going the way of the Dow Jones Industrial Average right now. Things are tough in the world of wine, and the more expensive the wine, the [...]

Brian Freedman is extra sweet in today’s episode as he guides you through the ins and outs of dessert wines. Dessert wine, which is interchangeably referred to as sweet wine, is often mistaken as something that must be enjoyed accompanying dessert. This false assumption can lead the unsuspecting wine drinker astray, as too much sweetness [...]

Choosing wines to enjoy with Thanksgiving dinner is easy. Why? Because it’s hard to make a bad choice. Simply picking your favorite wines to share with your guests on this special day will make them thankful.  Or, let us give you some ideas. Because your guest list is as diverse as the dishes you plan [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Wine.com, the leading online wine store, is celebrating its 10th year in business this month. To thank its loyal customers the company is reducing prices on thousands of wines, passing through savings that have accrued due to its growth and scale. “We’re grateful for the opportunity our customers have [...]

This week THTV takes a behind the scenes look at Organic and BioDynamic wines. From Scott Pactor’s Appellation Wine Store in New York City to Mike Benziger’s family winery in California, THTV explores what makes organic wines good, how to run a succesful wine store and the meaning of being biodynamic. We also get some [...]

Uncorked Video blog on the cheapest of the cheap wines. Tony tastes Thunderbird, Boone’s Farm, Riunite Lambrusco and Franzia. Yum!! Cheers! Wine On Line  Wine Accessories Duration : 0:9:32 Technorati Tags: wine on line

I’m typically a red wine drinker (sangiovese and merlot in particular). I have yet to develop a taste for white wine, but I wanted to start trying some out. Any white wine suggestions for a red wine lover? You seem to prefer drier wines (higher alcohol content BTW). Dry wines seem to be on my [...]

Just, in general. I need a gift and I’m stumped! Merlot? Chardonnay? Help! Depends on where you are from; In Italy Chianti is king as Rioja is in Spain and Malbec in Argentina. Here in the States I would think Pinot Noir, Cabernet and Merlot are the most popular reds. Those who prefer dry whites [...]