BBQ Ribs and Zin

May 27, 2019

There is no better food and wine pairing than BBQ ribs and Zin! Yeah, my ribs are VERY well done …

Easter 2019

April 23, 2019

One year ago, Easter Sunday 2018, was a cold, early spring day that curtailed our family Easter egg hunt Easter 2018. …

April 13, 2019

Bordeaux is largest wine producing region in France with an annual production of 75 million cases. First growths (Premiers Crus …

March 19, 2019

I recently hosted a dinner of Italian food paired with 7 Italian wines and it wasn’t the expensive Barolo or …

February 20, 2019

One of the burdens of being a “wine guy” is the task of choosing wine at restaurants. No one wants …

February 4, 2019

The Bordeaux blend is world famous and Bordeaux “first growths” are the most expensive wines in the world. Not surprisingly, …

December 15, 2018

It’s a wine with lost identity! Some say “Vino Nobile” (translation “great wine”) or simply “Nobile” (pronounced nob-ee-lay), but it …