Content about Riesling

September 16, 2012

German wine producers want us to drink more dry. But they don't want us to sour on sweets.

For years, the German wine market in the United States has been built on its sweet Rieslings – spätlese, auslese, beerenauslese, trockenbeerenausle and ice wine. Now German producers are wishing we Americans would just start drinking their dry wines as well.

June 10, 2012

Euphoria: A Weekend for Winos

Euphoria is a weekend-long event that includes exclusive tasting events, cooking demonstrations and wine seminars, as well as multi-course dinners and live musical performances.

This September, Greenville, South Carolina will host the highly anticipated weekend-long event, Euphoria.

June 4, 2012

Spanish grape obsessions for all the right (culinary) reasons

There are few wines that can shock you as much by the way they alter sensations in food contexts as those made from grapes like Tempranillo, Garnacha, and especially Albarino...

April 5, 2012

The Finger Lakes

According to Native American legend, the lakes in upper New York State were created when the Great Spirit placed a hand down on earth in a blessing that left an imprint of the sacred fingers on the land.

According to Native American legend, the lakes in upper New York State were created when the Great Spirit placed a hand down on earth in a blessing that left an imprint of the sacred fingers on the land. According to science, they were formed by the Ice Age glaciers that retreated a million or so years ago, creating in their wake enormous basins gouged into ancient streambeds.

March 15, 2011

Luscious Liaisons

Desserts are always appreciated. Sweet wines? Not so much. Food and wine pairings at the end of the meal too often get neglected. This is unfortunate, because the right pairing can intensify the flavors of the dessert and the wine, thus creatin

February 15, 2011

The Wine Gods Shine on South Island

New Zealand’s South Island is as close as the Southern Hemisphere gets to Burgundy, the Loire, Champagne, Alsace, and Germany. Alternatively, think all of California’s Coastal Regions, Oregon, and eastern Washington crammed into one