Last-Minute Shopping Ideas for New Year’s Eve Toasting
Are you all set for New Year’s Eve? Frozen appetizers ready to thaw and heat up... check. Plenty of silver and/or plastic ware... check. Tunes selected for the party’s “soundtrack”... check. Lots of...
View ArticleIt’s About More Than the ‘Numbers’
When putting together the list of Wine Lines Online’s Top 10 Wines of 2012, we considered the scores awarded to wines during our review process throughout the year. But that was just the beginning of...
View ArticleLawer Family Wines: Scents and Sensibility from a Small Family Estate
By Glen Frederiksen The 1980s saw a boom in the California wine industry, especially in the North Coast regions of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. A few hundred family-owned wineries and vineyards there...
View ArticleMacari Vineyards: Taking a Biodynamic Approach Before It Was Cool
By Bob Johnson Part 2 of a 5-Part Series We hear a great deal about Biodynamic winegrowing these days. Not every winery goes to the extremes that a Biodynamic approach requires, but almost all wineries...
View ArticleRoanoke Vineyards: Benchmark Bottlings from a Long Island Wine Pioneer
By Bob Johnson Part 3 of a 5-Part Series You might say that Richard Pisacano gets around. Now, before you go and get on the phone with Mrs. Pisacano (Soraya), let me explain: Pisacano gets around Long...
View ArticleSparkling Pointe: Long Island’s Destination for Those Seeking Bubbly Bliss
By Bob Johnson Part 4 of a 5-Part Series Some of the best California sparkling wines I’ve ever tasted were made during the mid-1990s at Roederer Estate, located in the bucolic Anderson Valley of...
View ArticleLong Island Wine Country: Planning Your Trip
By Bob Johnson Part 5 of a 5-Part Series If this series has motivated you to plan a trip to Long Island wine country, you’ll be happy to learn that numerous resources are available. But before going...
View ArticleCalifornia’s North Coast: Old Haunts, Fresh Bodies
By Glen Frederiksen It had been six years since my last visit. Much has changed, while some properties seem frozen in time. The Napa and Sonoma Valleys were the birthplace of my romance with wine. In...
View ArticleA Window Into Tuscany: Castello di Gabbiano
By Thomas Madrecki A note in advance — I approach any and all media trips with a bit of skepticism, in no small part because I make a living in the world of public relations. It takes a great deal for...
View ArticleWill The Real Chianti Please Stand Up?
By Thomas Madrecki Chianti is an old land, and this is an old post, taking literal months to think through a whirlwind tour of Tuscany -- and to digest the full experience, food, wine and culture. What...
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