Know Your Wine Bottle
Wine bottles are based on centuries of traditions. The wine trade is deeply beholden to those traditions. Even the largest multinational wine corporation (talking to you, Gallo) won’t mess this those …
Wine Glass Recommendations
Unless you are planning to guzzle directly from the bottle, investing in a wine glass or two may be a good idea. Sure, you could use those little water glasses leftover …
Wine Tasting 101
Tasting wine is fundamentally different from drinking wine: The goal of tasting is to form an appreciation for the wine and its components. This intrinsically precludes overindulging. If you do, you’ll …
The Philly-Style Wine Buying Hack
How To Beat a State-Run Wine Monopoly To Great Wine Deals Pennsylvania is notorious for its iron fist over alcohol sales: it doesn’t matter if you are a sommelier or a …
A Year of Tasting Classes
We just posted an entire year’s worth of tasting classes. With the return to normal, we are hosting some of the greatest classes we have ever offered. All the classics are …
Wines for Beginners
Introduction For those of us in the wine trade, it’s hard to remember what it felt like to be a beginner. The nerves. The uncertainty. The fear of being judged. Being …
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. …
Updates to our Wine Club!
We have a lot of news to share with our members. Let’s start with the discounts. Every month, we double the value of your membership. If you pay $19 for your …
How to Become a Sommelier
How to Start your Wine Career There are five simple steps to start a career in wine. We will repeat these steps at least two times to give you an idea …
Wine Reviews
Bodegas Ego “Goru Gold” Red, Jumilla 1881 Napa 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Oliviero Toscani “OT” Toscana Firriato “Chiaramonte” Nero d’Avola, Sicilia Buty Semillon Blend, Columbia Valley Raats “Unwooded” Chenin Blanc …
World’s First Online Sommelier Course!
If you are in the mood for some old fashioned good news, we have some for you. We are announcing the first-ever online sommelier certification program, This is a project that …
Wines Reviews
If there is a positive spin to 2020, it’s that we all have leveled-up our eating and drinking skills. Do you remember back in 2019 when everyone was tweeting about Dry January? People were so silly in the before times. This year, we are going to focus on situation-appropriate wines.
Wine Gifts
Wine Books The Wine Bible, Second Edition by Karen MacNeil Back in 2000, the Wine Bible was a revelatory publication. It transcended the usual wine drivel; Karen offered real information in a …
Wine Regions of the World
French Wine Wine is produced throughout France in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year. That is an estimated eight billion bottles of wine! Greatest or Second Greatest? For …