Have you ever wondered how people come up with tasting notes on the back of a wine bottle? The ones that read something like, “Full-bodied with aromas of green peppercorn, graphite, dark chocolate and ...

It may sound cliché, but half the fun of drinking wine is learning about what’s in your glass. If we’re being honest, not even a lifetime of studying could lead to mastery of the subject but… that’s ...

Wine snobs often use odd terms to describe wines. We’ve all see a parody of the wine snob: an erudite personage, probably fancily dressed, holding the stemware just so and making declarations of ...

It occurred to me recently that while Reverse Wine Snob is meant to be friendly enough that someone who knows nothing about ...

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“We also have a barbera and a Gigondas,” said the server, as she stood next to the table, offering my friend the full roster of available red wines by the glass. The curse of the American wine drinker ...