Supermarket wine aisles are designed to make you feel stupid. I’m fairly convinced of it. Fifty bottles you can’t pronounce. DOC, DOCG, and IGT stamped everywhere like the wine sat an exam. Gold medal stickers stacked three deep, as if the bottle just came home from the Olympics. Prices ranging…
Millions of Americans knew his face. Almost nobody today knows his name. For decades, one man’s warm, easy grin was the face of one of the biggest wine and brandy brands in the country, splashed across advertisements from coast to coast, in full black robe and white collar, looking every…
Here’s an experiment for your next trip to the wine shop. Pick up two bottles that look roughly the same size and shape. Turn them both upside down. If one has a deeper dent in the bottom than the other, you are, in a very literal sense, holding less wine….
Try this the next time you’re at a wine bar. Order two glasses — one big, boozy red, one light, crisp white — and swirl them side by side. Watch closely. One will throw slow, heavy streaks down the glass like it’s confessing something. The other barely leaves a mark….
We’ve spent centuries reviewing wine. It’s only fair the wine gets a turn. ⭐☆☆☆☆ Dave Who Said, “Let’s Save It for a Special Occasion” Bought me in 2019. Walks past me every weekend and says, “One day…” I’ve survived two birthdays. Three Christmases. A kitchen renovation. His daughter’s graduation. And…
🍷 €180 Barolo Official tasting notes:Cherry, leather, truffle, and an elegant finish. Honest review:I paid €180 for this bottle. So if it tastes like a wet wooden shoe soaked in radiator water… I will confidently tell everyone:“Wow. The complexity is incredible.” Because at this price, admitting I don’t like it…
Okay, I need to tell you about something I found out this week, because I genuinely did not see it coming. Imagine winning an Emmy. Then a Grammy. Then an Oscar. Then a Tony. The full set. Something like fifteen people on the entire planet have ever managed that. Most…
I promised you the full version of this story back when I first wrote about a family vineyard near Lake Garda. I’ve been meaning to sit down and give it the space it deserves ever since. So here it is, properly. All the detail the shorter version couldn’t hold. There’s…
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