Online wine sales continue to grow
Will online retailers replace local shops?
DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Food
Dave McIntyre
Crack open the best 2020 wine books for rich history, international politics and a vintner’s lively memoir
Each year at this time, I recommend my favorite wine books published in the previous 12 months. In this year of coronavirus and isolation, we have more time to read, stoke our thirst and eve...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
Buying alcohol online is becoming our new normal, and these home delivery apps are cashing in
When the pandemic hit in March, we filled our larders with beans, started sourdough cultures, hoarded toilet paper and stocked up on alcoholic beverages.
You know, the necessities...
DATE: Nov 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
Snoop Dogg’s for-the-people label and an exclusive club mark extreme poles of the wine world
In this weird year, when we experience whiplash whenever we watch TV, check our phones or open the newspaper, we shouldn’t be surprised to see two head-scratching debuts that show wine argua...
DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
Wine-centric novels to pair with a good vintage for pandemic escapism
Unable to satisfy my wanderlust this summer, and tired of binge-watching “Somebody Feed Phil” and “Chef’s Table” on Netflix, I turned to my bookcase and dusted off a few wine novels. My favo...
DATE: Sep 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
As wineries reopen for tastings, expect appointments, pre-poured glasses and plenty of sanitizer
The text message conveyed urgency and alarm, even without all caps and exclamation points.
“There’s a 6-foot snake in the Pavilion terrorizing guests.”
It was June 4, t...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
Virtual winery tours are bringing wine country to you
The pitch seemed too good to be true. A video graphics firm specializing in virtual-reality exhibits and “minds-on experiences” was offering to produce virtual tours of wineries, for no char...
DATE: Jun 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food
Five things you need to know about rosé
June 8 is National Rosé Day, one of those silly national this-or-that days celebrated on the second Saturday in June for the past, well, five years. Registered by nationaldaycalendar.com in ...
DATE: May 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food
Wine trends for 2018: Cans, kegs, natural wines and more
This is the time of year when wine writers, exhausted from writing holiday bottle and gift recommendations – and from consuming copious amounts of champagne during our research – slump forwa...
DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Two famous wineries share one great vintner
Bascaules unites labels in Napa and France
DATE: Dec 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food
Stress not over Thanksgiving wine
Red or white, one of everything will do
DATE: Nov 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food
What wine to buy? Just ask your phone
New app can tell which bottle you’ll prefer
DATE: Aug 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food
