Wine Reviews and Accessories

With the economy still struggling along, you would think it would have a negative effect on wine consumption, but it doesn’t seem so.  According to the Beverage Information Group’s recently released 2009 Wine Handbook, wine consumption in the U.S. rose 0.9 percent in 2008 to 294.7 million 9-liter cases.  Although the growth rate of the wine [...]

France knows wine.  It can’t be denied.  It’s an expertise that comes from centuries of producing fine wines.  One of the world’s top wine countries, France produces between 7 to 8 billion bottles of wine per year and exports over 34% of world’s market share.  Pretty impressive.    Among the most popular French wines are Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, and [...]

Your choice of wine gives clues into your personality.  Isn’t that fascinating.  This is new research done by scientists in Australia and Britain.  The research was based on whether you prefer sweet wines or dry wines.  What personality traits does the research say can be derived from your wine taste buds; impulsiveness, empathy, openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness [...]

This week Wine.Com is featuring gift baskets that are so unique, you will want to be on the receiving end of one of them. Wine gift baskets are always a great gift, and Wine.Com really out did themselves on these new wine gifts.  They are absolutely beautiful.  Each wine basket is filled with an assortment of treats, and people [...]

I love a good wine review.  I don’t like trying new wines unless I have some idea what to expect, that’s why I appreciate the opinions of true wine connoisseurs  Charmina Smith, Food and Wine Editor of the Otaga Daily Times has reviewed six wines; a Pinot Gris, a Riesling, a Rose, and a few others.  No [...]

Txakoli, pronounced CHAC-o-lee, is a very unusual wine in my book.  It’s dry, usually a white wine, high in acidity, but low in alcohol content.  Wine Editor, Jon Bonné of The San Francisco Chronicle has just written a wonderful review on Txakoli, Basque wine Txakoli flirts with fame. “Just a few years ago, Txakoli was [...]

Jonathan Ray of Telegraph.co.uk has posted his Top Wine Deals for this week.  His picks: 2007 Bellingham Fusion Chardonnay With a Splash of Viognier 2006 Vin de Corse Porto Vecchio, Domaine Torraccia 2006 Mas Conscience, Le Cas Read his full article at Telegraph.co.uk. I am particularly interested in trying the Bellingham Chardonnay.  Ray’s description of [...]

This is something only true wine lovers would want to do, but what could be better than producing your own quality vino.  If in your travels you find yourself in rural Howard County, Maryland, don’t skip Tin Lizzie’s Wineworks located in Clarksville.  It’s an unusual winery because you won’t find a tasting room and you can’t buy wine [...]

If you are looking to broaden your horizons and try something new.  WineSpectator.Com has published a list of more than 100 Italian White Wines.  These wines were tasted for the Italian Whites Report in this month’s issue of Wine Spectator Magazine.  Each wine is listed by name, score and price.  View the complete list here [...]

This is a great new idea; wine cruises on luxury liners. Food & Wine Trails, based in Santa Rosa, California, has announced that it is planning 14 different wine cruises for 2010. These cruises, which will be voyages in the Mediterranean and to Australia and New Zealand, will take place on three luxury liners: Celebrity, [...]