Ratings and Reviews
Another New Face in Wine Reviewing
Jeb Dunnuck
Big Changes in the Wine Business
Wine Advocate, Tanzer's IWC & Galloni's Vinous
Wine Publications: What We Think...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Wine Publications: What We Think...
Wine Spectator
Wine Publications: What We Think...
Wine Enthusiast
Wine Competitions vs. Wine Reviews
The Wine Guy's Opinion
The Judgement of Paris
The wine tasting that changed the world
How We Review Wine
The Diference Between Wine Tasting and Wine Drinking
How We Select Wine...
A policy statement
Laws, Sausages and Wine Reviews
Here's an addition to Otto Von Bismarck's adage about things you don't want to watch being made... laws, sausage, and wine reviews!
A Policy Statement
A Culture of Excess
Celebrating d'Arry Osborn's Birthday (d'Arenberg)
The Varietals
Wine Varietal Basics-White Wines
The whites
Wine Varietal Basics-Red Wines
The reds
Carmenère
The Lost Grape of Bordeaux
Petit Verdot
The Orphan Grape of Bordeaux
Pinot Noir's Incestuous Family Tree
By Mark Gapinski, CSW
Sideways About Pinot Noir
Thoughts on a very difficult varietal...
The Power of Popular Culture - Merlot
Can a grape file a defamation lawsuit?
Dessert & Cocktail Wine
Vintage Madeira
The Ageless Wines
Vermouth
Aperitivos, Digestivos, Cherries & Bitters
Sparkling Wine
Thoughts on Sparkling Wine
If you stick your nose in the air, youll miss some good ones
Happy New Year
Thoughts on Sparkling Wine
America
Trouble in California
The 2010 and 2011 Vintages and why prices are heading up.
A Contrast in Styles
Visiting Miner and Elyse Wineries on the same day..
Proprietors Unfiltered Special Barrel Select
Grand Private Reserve
A brief guide to understanding American wine labels
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father of American Wine...
Washington's Columbia Valley
The Perfect Wine Region
Australia
Australian Wine Basics
Land of the big, easy drinkers!
Australian Stickies
Over the top dessert wines
Germany
Reading German Wine Labels
Jennifer Rosen of the Rocky Mountain News deciphers, the biggest mystery in all of winedom!
Spain
The Misunderstood Wines of Spain
Ports
A Port Primer
An incomplete guide to Port style wines
Italy
A brief guide to Italian Wine Classifications
When "where its from is more important than "what it is!
France
What's in the Bottle?
A guide to reading French wine labels
Let Them Eat Cake
Thoughts on the French wine industry in 2004
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A little history
French Wine
A quick and incomplete guide
Heresy
Questioning Bordeaux
Thoughts on Beaujolais Nouveau
The Wine Guy's annual rant about "Bubble Gum" wine!
South America
The Wines of Chile
The real vines |
Decanting, Serving and Preserving Wine
Wine Etiquette
The proper way to enjoy your wine
A Science Fair Project
We test wine-chilling inserts
How Cold is Too Cold?
A chilling limitation to cold temperature
Thoughts About Decanting
The best way to improve red wine
The Truth About Wine Cellars
According to the Wine Guy
Swirling & Sniffing
Learn to "wine speak" with your nose
Tasting vs. Drinking
There is a difference....
How Cold is your Chardonnay?
Tips on interpreting winespeak and serving wines
A Bottle’s Highest Calling /A Wedding Tradition
Some ideas deserve to become tradition
48 Hours
A Wine Preservation Test
Blending Your Own Bordeaux
Have fun and learn something too
Bottle Shock
& Other Wine Quality Mysteries?
Out, Damned Spot!
An Endorsement
Old World vs. New World Wines
Dare to Compare
Wine & Cheese
Wine Pairing Basics
From the Legal Department
Indiana Sunday Alcohol Sales Pt. 1
How do you feel?
Indiana Sunday Alcohol Sales Pt. 2
You feel srongly!
Indianas New Direct Shipping Law
So you thought you could get wine shipped back....
The Shipping Saga Continues
So now direct shipping is legal, but theres a catch....
The Down Side of Globalization
Wine as an Investment?
The Good, The Bad and
The Cork(ed)
The Crystals Won't Hurt You
Tartrate Crystals in Wine
Bottle Shock
& Other Wine Quality Mysteries
Sommelier vs. Critics
Who knows best?
The Somm Knows Best!
Oh, really?
Trusting the Sommelier?
Buyer beware
We Join the WSJ Wine Club
Maybe not such a good idea
We Join the Firstleaf Wine Club
Where all that Bulk Juice Goes
Bad Wine
Finding Faults
Bad Wine 101
How to tell the diffrence between bad wine and a bad bottle
Bad Wine 201
Where are the screw tops? A TCA rant.
More Bad Wine
A third annual Wine Guy TCA rant
The Wine Industrys Dirty Little Secret...
The Wine Guy's Fourth Annual Corked Wine Tirade!
Speed It Up!
The Wine Guys Fifth Annual Corked Wine Tirade
Dirty Little Secret
The Wine Guy's Sixth Semi-annual Corked Wine Tirade!
What's in Your Wine?
A secret ingredient, Mega-Purple
Organic, Biodynamic and Sulfites
Why are there Sulfites in My Wine?
The Truth About Sulfites - I Think
Sulfite-Free Wines
A closer look at sulfite-free wines from Derek Gray of Graybull Organic Wines.
A Guide to Organic and Biodynamically Grown Grapes
You cant judge a wine by its label
Wine Stuff and Trivia
Adventures in Blind Tasting
By D. Mark Gapinski, CSW
Two Glasses of Wine
Always room for a couple of glasses with friends
Myths About Wine
Don't believe everything you hear
How Many Grapes in a Bottle of Wine?
Jeopardy trivia
Old Vines
How old is old enough?
We're Number One!
Some interesting wine numbers
More Interesting Wine Numbers
A follow-up to "We're Number One!"
Why Can't I Buy This in Indiana?
Why you can't find a particular wine here
Wine Moments
Stop looking, you might ruin the memory
Why Oak Barrels?
Why oak is used for wine aging
Some Thoughts on Food and Wine Pairing
A subjective look
A Little Stress is Good
...for grapevines, that is.
Wine Numbers
A little numeric wine trivia
Wine Quotes
From Hemingway to Thurber
Wine Speak
A lst of adjectives describing what you're drinking
Twenty Important Wine Words
Twenty wine terms you should understand
A Wine Crossword Puzzle
Test your wine knowledge!
Rules of Thumb
An incomplete guide to wine etiquette |