10 Tips For Food and Wine Pairings
Eating what you like with a glass of your favorite wine is a great idea; eating should be a singular pleasure. But food and wine pairings are not a solitary affair. …
Wine Tasting
The Seven Types of Corkscrews
Know Your Enemy: The Cork. Corks slowly became the most prominent bottle stoppers during a long three-hundred-year period between 1600 and the early 1900s. With the cork becoming a standard closure, …
Sommelier Classes
The world of wine is wonderful. Its mastery opens opportunities in all sectors, from the hospitality industry to retail, from education to marketing, from distribution to production. Wine jobs are not …
Buying Wine Online
This was an easy list to write! I buy around $80K worth of wine a year, for the wine school, not me. I know who really delivers, in the most literal …
The Whine & Cheeze Show!
The Whine & Cheeze Show! This is a fun project I worked on with Emilio Mignucci from DiBrunos and producer Jordan Sloane. This project also got me a profile on IMDb, …
Wine Reviews: The Essential Guide
As long as there’s been wine, there’s been, wine writers. In Roman times, Pliny the Elder was very adept at identifying the best wines in the empire. A good review from …
Wine Tasting at Home
Spend a few minutes listening to a sommelier speak about wine, and they will soon have you dazzled with their talk of aromas and bouquets, unknown wine valleys, and silky tannins. …
Wine and Pizza Pairing
Okay, so John McKeever reached out to me a while back. Remember Delco Proper on Comedy Central? He was the director and star of that show. Apparently, he attended a class …
The Six Worst Food and Wine Pairings
We learn from failure, not from success. And although food and wine pairings are subjective and depend on the people’s taste and preference, some mismatches feel odd. A good pairing brings …
Italian Food and Wine Pairings
Italian food is beloved everywhere. Because of that, you will see sommeliers pairing Italian dishes with wine from nearly every country in the world. A good Chilean Sauvignon Blanc will match …
German Food and Wine Pairings
In today’s global economy, gastronomy is beyond generalizations. No cuisine can be justly profiled with a list of a few traditional dishes. Like cultures, cuisines evolve, influenced by trends and new …
40 Essential Wine Terms
Have you ever gone wine tasting and had no clue about anything anyone was saying? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with these 40 common wine terms and tasting descriptions. For a …
Getting a Job in the Wine Business
The wine industry is a big place with career options to suit a wide array of people. From producing wine to selling the wine. there is something out there for anyone. We have …
Philly Who?
A few years ago, I sat down for a deeply personal interview with Kevin Chemidlin, the host of Philly Who? This is unlike any other interview I’ve done in the past …
Wine Reviews
Soléna Estate “Grande Cuvee” Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley This is a must-have bottle of Pinot Noir. On the nose, classic bramble and wild strawberry with just a hint of jasmine. The …
Eleven Wine Blogs to Follow
The wine industry wouldn’t be the same if it weren’t for some of the fantastic wine blogs we had access to today. Whether it is to inform us about serious wine matters …