Here is its the last week in August, the beginning of the end of summer. The backyard birch tree is shedding its leaves and the dogwood is signalng a color change that makes me realize I’m a year older too. Depressed? Not really. I arrived home from Saratoga to find the September issue of Wine […]

Here is its the last week in August, the beginning of the end of summer. The backyard birch tree is shedding its leaves and the dogwood is signalng a color change that makes me realize I’m a year older too. Depressed? Not really. I arrived home from Saratoga to find the September issue of Wine […]

I’ve been impressed with some recent Italian wine purchases I’ve made. The new wines arriving from Sicily are particularly intriguing, inexpensive and mouth-watering. I’ve tried two that standout: 2010 Stemmari Pinot Noir and Stemmari Nero D’Avola. The Stemmari Pinot Noir was lighter colored in the glass than most others I’ve tried. Normally, I look for […]

Now is the time to be looking for good buys on fall wines — the big, full-bodied reds or Italian and French favorites that will grace holiday tables or make for fine pairings with meals. While the wine press has been lamenting the fact about a shortage of grapes inCalifornia, which means rising prices, there […]

One of the key fascinations about the Wine Goddess is that she never ceases to surprise me even after more than two decades of marriage. She hates to be cooped up in a room — any room — unless she is reading a food magazine, entertaining, or charting out a garden strategy for new plantings […]