By Mark A Aselstine
Spy Valley is located in Marlboro New Zealand and since its inception in 1993 has been growing some of the most impressive fruit in all of the New Zealand wine industry. Starting in 2000 the winery started producing wines under their own name instead of simply selling the fruit and the results [...]

 By Mark A Aselstine
Since its inception in 1987 Montes Winery in Santiago Chile has been producing some of the finest, most affordable wines anywhere in South America. Recently in the news after being selected to pour at the Wine Spectator grand tasting event and for the horrific earthquake I am happy to note that the [...]

 By Christ Ooper
Ask anyone who is passionate about a particular sport or hobby and they’ll tell you that to get started, you need the right equipment - a cyclist needs a decent bike and helmet, a golfer needs a good set of clubs. What they don’t tell you up front is the kind of stuff [...]

 By Dan Appleman
The biggest secret in home wine making is: get the good stuff to start with. Here are step by step instructions for making fabulous homemade wine.
Table of contents
1. A brief History of Wine
2. Use Grocery Store Fruit?
3. Patience is a virtue
4. Before we get started
6. Gathering the essential ingredients
7. Cleanliness is Next to [...]

 By Matt Coughlin
Why Learn To Serve Wine Properly?
If you have ever bought a bottle of wine in a nice restaurant, you may have noticed that the server does not just pop the cork and pour you a glass, but instead goes through a specific process of opening the bottle, letting the buyer test the wine, [...]

 By Katie Hoffman
You do not need a college degree in wine tasting to understand why some wines benefit from being able to breathe a bit. But you do need to know that simply uncorking the bottle and letting it sit for an hour will do nothing to improve the taste or the smell of the [...]

 By Guillermo Bravo
In our fast-paced modern society of technological marvel, we often want to find a quick fix to our problems. For many people, the quicker something can be solved the better, and if it can be done using something that we already have, then that solution is hard to beat. Take for instance the [...]

 By Joseph Devine
Alcohol is a common facet of America’s social scene. When drinking, however, it is important to be aware of your level of intoxication. Many people drink socially, and by the time the party’s over and everyone is heading home, they are too intoxicated to drive. A variety of myths about “sobering up” may [...]

 By Matt C Elmore
Round 3. The war against bogus hangover cures concludes in this final battle. We take on greasy food, exercise, throwing up, and staying positive.
Greasy food
In every culture across the globe, greasy and fattening food have been a go-to hangover cure for thousands of years. This method for hangover liberation is popular because [...]

 By Jennifer Jordan
When I think of a wine competition, I think of bottles of red wine and bottles of white wine squaring off. Perhaps bottles of Merlot and Riesling arm wrestle or a glass of Shiraz and a glass of White Zinfandel enter a chugging contest. Maybe a West Side Story-like reenactment happens: Pinot Noir [...]

 By Mark A Aselstine
Almost every day I’m asked to help people plan wine tasting trips to lesser known parts of California. To me, part of the excitement about wine is taking the time to both research new wineries, but also to find the smaller family owned establishments where you can have a conversation with the [...]

 By Angella Jones Brown
Red wine has always been one of the most loved alcoholic beverages. The color of red wine is obtained due to its vinification process. The grape juice is allowed to ferment along with the skin of the black or red grapes. A process known as maceration imparts the bold red color of [...]

 By Chris A. Harmen
Life today is much different from in the past as a new era is truly beginning. Today, most people look toward the future instead of the past, especially our technology driven future. As technology alters our world every day, we depend on mobile phones, email, instant messaging, and online social networking. The [...]

 By Sean M
Wine has played a kingly role in the history of the world.
People have drunk it in majestic rituals and it has lived in the palace cellars. It has survived through the medieval times and has been used by the priests to cleanse the body and cure devotees their common maladies. Whereas it used [...]