Wine Reviews and Accessories

Prosecco wine is a white wine, a white Italian wine.  Prosecco wine is made from the Glera grape, once called Prosecco until 2009, and is mainly used in dry or extra day sparkling Italian wines like Frizzante and Spumante.  Prosecco is also the main ingredient in the delicious and very popular Bellini cocktail, and has [...]

Wine Review Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2007 If you have to pick just one word to describe Kendall Jackson wines, that word is exquisite; and Kendall-Jackson’s 2007 Grand Reserve Chardonnay is no exception.  It is elegant and tropical, with hints of lemon oil essence, key lime and yellow grapefruit. Kendall-Jackson made the 2007 Grand [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rejoice white wine lovers and breathe a sight of relief.  A new study suggests that drinking one to two glasses per day of white wine may be just as good for your health as drinking the same one to two glasses of red wine.  Finally white wine is just as good as red. An international [...]