Long Island Wine Country: Planning Your Trip
Sparkling Pointe: Long Island’s Destination for Those Seeking Bubbly Bliss
Roanoke Vineyards: Benchmark Bottlings from a Long Island Wine Pioneer
Macari Vineyards: Taking a Biodynamic Approach Before It Was Cool
Lawer Family Wines: Scents and Sensibility from a Small Family Estate
It’s About More Than the ‘Numbers’
Last-Minute Shopping Ideas for New Year’s Eve Toasting
Fine Dining in Flagstaff? We’ve Got Just the ‘Place’
Natural Wine Goes South — Really Far South
Assessing the Great Starbucks Wine Experiment
May 18, 2013 | Discuss
By Bob Johnson Whether you prefer red, white, blush or bubbly… and whether you listen to rock, jazz, blues or country… two of the great joys of life are wine and music. And when you can find a way to combine the two, well, that’s about… Read more
Apr 28, 2013 | 2 Comments
By Glen Frederiksen Ask a winemaker the questions posed in the headline, and it’s enough to make him or her blush. Most casual wine drinkers know the basic differences between red wine and white wine. Aside from color, they know that red… Read more
Apr 23, 2013 | Discuss
By Mary Frederiksen On a recent trip to Newport Beach, California, we happened on a wonderful dining spot on Balboa Island. We had done some research prior to our trip and were intrigued by a highly rated restaurant named BASILIC. This intimate… Read more
Apr 20, 2013 | Discuss
By Glen Frederiksen The greater Los Angeles area, also called “the Southland,” is the second largest major metropolitan area in the United States. Today, it is nothing but houses, businesses, and skyscrapers jammed together in a… Read more
Apr 13, 2013 | Discuss
By Glen Frederiksen Two of the linchpins that have kept French wines, particularly those from Bordeaux, at the top of the wine world pyramid for the past two centuries are the unbending quality of the wines produced, and the adherence to… Read more
Mar 26, 2013 | Discuss
By Glen Frederiksen Quick now: Name the three most common fortified wines. For most, it is fairly easy to tick off the top two. Port, whether made in Portugal or in any number of New World appellations, quickly comes to mind. Likewise,… Read more
Mar 25, 2013 | Discuss
By Mary Frederiksen Last week, Glen and I dined at another top restaurant here in Las Vegas. We feel it is our mission to try as many great restaurants as we can before we become too old to enjoy them. It is a tough assignment, but someone has to… Read more
Mar 15, 2013 | Discuss
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 any further, let me tell you about… Read more
Mar 13, 2013 | Discuss
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 Mendocino County. That makes perfect sense… Read more
Mar 11, 2013 | 1 Comment
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 Island — specifically, the North… Read more
Mar 07, 2013 | Discuss
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 now take stewardship of their land very… Read more
Mar 05, 2013 | Discuss
By Bob Johnson Part 1 of a 5-Part Series The first wine variety from Long Island to gain widespread attention was Merlot. More recently, some very well-made bottlings of Cabernet Franc have been turning heads. I found nice renditions of… Read more
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