I have a soft spot in my heart for Malbec. Before I loved (or even liked) wine, I would frequent a wine/beer bar with a good friend of mine who was determined to get me to like wine. His favorite wine was Malbec. I remember him loving how it is so “spicy,” he said.

Qvevri winemaking, or really just any winemaking in clay pots, is super “in” right now. Ironically, it’s also the oldest method of making wine, so really, it isn’t anything new at all.

In 1934 Adolf Hitler met Benito Mussolini for the first time. Franklin D. Roosevelt was pushing ahead with his New Deal and Flash Gordon made his debut in a comic strip…

Gamay is a grape variety native to Beaujolais, France. It’s delicious—fun, flirty, light and juicy…

Orange wine is cool and all, but it also seems like it’s from space. (Maybe it is!) So when pairing it with food, do you think of it as a red wine or a white wine? Or neither? Is it like a rosé? What does it go with? Everything or nothing?

Are you stuck in the rut of buying the same three wines over and over? Are you ready to branch out and discover new wines, but you’re afraid you might end up dumping it down the drain?

Sometimes, whether you know it or not, your preference for a wine might have more to do with the wine’s structure than whether it tastes like fresh juicy strawberries or your grandma’s attic.

Tannins create the drying sensation, like cotton-ball-mouth, that red wine gives you. Why? Because tannins bind to protein. Soooo….

The “Bordeaux Fringes” are just a bit further up river (i.e. inland) from Bordeaux in the “High Country,” as they used to call it. The grape blends are similar to that of Bordeaux and the wines…

Are you drinking your red wines too warm? If you are drinking them at room temperature and if you have the heat blasting (or it’s mid-summer) and room temperature is above 65-68 degrees, then you are probably are!

Chardonnay is considered a “neutral” grape variety? In other words, it doesn’t have TONS of flavor all on its own. Instead, its taste is extremely malleable and varies dramatically depending on where it's grown and winemaking style.

To solve the problem of “no focus on terroir,” a very prestigious association of German winemakers and growers got involved. This group is called the VDP. You can think of them as the High Quality Producer Club.

When I grow up, I want to be just like Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin. I'm serious, she is the most badass lady of them all and sometimes I have to cool my jets when telling her story because I can seriously go on forever.

German wine laws are crazy and can be very confusing when they are thrown at you like spaghetti. But contrary to what it might seem, there is actually quite a method to the madness.

There are over 120 native grape varieties grown in South West France. The wines are unique and fascinating and also Value City! And who doesn’t love that!?

It’s one of the most frequently asked Sunday School questions: what the f**k is orange wine? Orange wine is ancient yet modern, controversial, quirky and possibly unlike anything you have tasted before.

Hi. It’s the holidays and everyone (it’s not just me, right?) can’t stop with the bubbles. Want to navigate the sparkling section like a seasoned pro, or impress your friends and family with smart bubbly details and facts? Read on!

Terroir, pronounced “tear-WAHr,” is a French word that doesn’t directly translate into English but is usually taken to mean “sense of place”…