Long 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 any further, let me tell you about… Read more
Sparkling 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 Mendocino County. That makes perfect sense… Read more
Roanoke 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 Island — specifically, the North… Read more
Macari 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 now take stewardship of their land very… Read more
Lawer 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 had trebled to a thousand, and there… Read more
It’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 the process. Any such list is highly… Read more
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 Champagne… oh-oh! Not to… Read more
Fine Dining in Flagstaff? We’ve Got Just the ‘Place’
By Mary Frederiksen During the planning stages of our recent trip to the Grand Canyon, we searched the internet for a fine dining restaurant in the Flagstaff area. On past trips, we just “drove by” this town on our way to “somewhere else”… Read more
Natural Wine Goes South — Really Far South
By Thomas Madrecki Louis Antoine Luyt isn’t like most winemakers in Chile. If his name wasn’t enough of an indication (he’s French), his wines will fill in any gaps in understanding. They’re pure, focused, almost Pinot Noir-esque — nothing… Read more
Assessing the Great Starbucks Wine Experiment
By Bob Johnson Prosecco or Pike Place Roast? Pinot Grigio or Americano? Sauvignon Blanc or Salted Caramel Mocha? Chardonnay or Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino? Brachetto Sparkling Rosé or Strawberry Smoothie? Pinot Noir or… Read more
