Washington wine country has had its skeptics. “When my grandfather claimed that the best wine grapes could be grown here, I remember people telling him that he was crazy,” says JJ Williams. Turns out that Williams’ grandfather was a visionary. Today, three generations of his family are at the helm of the successful Kiona Vineyards […]
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Lines of grapevines disappear into the distance, where they blend into the mountains. Smoke from the open grill lifts into the air, but the delicious aroma floats on the breeze toward my table in the dappled sunlight, perched on the edge of the outdoor restaurant in wine country. I kick my shoes off under the […]
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We know some wines get better with time. But what’s actually happening inside your bottle as wine ages, and how does it change what you taste?
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“Grapes have never been grown before where we are,” Curt Dunham, winemaker at LDV Winery, a 40-acre estate in Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains, says. “So we really didn’t know how things were going to turn out.” Dunham is one of many new winemakers trying their hands at winemaking in dry, sunny Arizona.
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When it comes to wine, what you drink it from can be just as important as what you’re drinking. From swapping a narrow Champagne flute for a tulip-shaped one to picking the right glass for your Bordeaux, sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, and pinot noir, there’s plenty to learn about the world of glassware.
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Booze-filled advent calendars are fast becoming the must-have adult countdown to Christmas. From Aldi’s sold-out wine calendar to spirited options such as Drinks by the Dram, there’s something for every boy and girl.
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Known for his music, Sting’s career has taken a new turn as he and his wife, Trudie Styler, produce award winning Italian wines.
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When country superstar Loretta Lynn crooned the tongue-in-cheek tune “Wine, Women, and Song” back in the 1970s, she was bristling against a misogynistic society that, for the most part, saw both “wine” and “women” as objects to attain. Back then, the two words spoken together rarely produced an empowering notion.
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Over the summer, Walmart announced a line of wines that would make our wallets as happy as our inner wine-lovers.
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Are you worried that you might be turning into a little bit of a wine snob? Do your friends worry, before they bring a bottle over to your place, that it won’t meet your standards?
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