By Guest Author Jeff Stai of  Twisted Oak Winery This is in response to the post at Pinotblogger titled "Blogs Are Porches ", I had to drive down to the Bay Area the other day. When I got back I flipped open the computer and saw (I swear): "Blogs Are Porsches". Porsches? What is the Pinotblogger saying? Are blogs racy and sexy, or are bloggers just overcompensating for some...

Posted By Guest Author Katie Pizzuto I hate brussel sprouts, cabbage and black licorice...by default that includes sauerkraut, coleslaw, anisette and sambuca. Other than that, I’m pretty much game in this big beautiful epicurean world. And I never really gave...

Posted By Katie Pizzuto OK, kids, confession time again. No Barry Manilow, no Fluff...promise. I am a big fan of Oscar Wilde, and not simply for his body of literary work, but for saying the following words: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to ...

Coming this month on the Sub-Zero Wine Blog, blog posts from Jay McInerney & Lora Zarubin on all things wine...

Posted by Guest Author Katie Pizzuto If a single wine exists that is befitting of a throne in the oenological kingdom, it is, without question, sparkling wine. I make the distinction of NOT saying Champagne, because quite frankly, if I have had a crappy day at work, I’m looking for bubbles, regardless of nationality, varietal or color. Likewise, if I’m celebrating the catharsis of flipping...

Another in a series of posts from France by Morgan Twain-Peterson. I am back in Bordeaux, this time stationed at Les Ormes de Pez, the smaller chateau owned by the Cazes. Though I loved living with the other interns at our little villa the village of Bages—the house was like ...

Today we bring you part 2 of On the Road with The Malt Project by guest writer Jack Oswald. At the end of the story there is another chance for one lucky reader to win an I'm a Peat Freak! Are You?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more...

I had been planning for some time to write a story about The Malt Project. If you are not familiar with The Malt Project it is a five (and soon to be six) volume DVD series all about Single Malt Scotch. When I started corresponding with Jack Oswald, I found ...

Posted by Guest Author Katie Pizzuto I’ve got a friend who is a HUGE Rush fan. He’s seen them live more times than he’s visited his in-laws, owns every bootleg known to man, and can recite each member’s biography with the nostalgia of having lived it himself. But one summer night, after a couple of Sapphire martinis had begun to take hold, he made a startling confession to me about a guilty...

By Guest Author Jameson of Le Wine Blog   2005 Schloss Gobelsburg Gruner Veltliner Gobelsburger (Imported by Terry Theise for Skurnik Wines ) OK, here's what the Wine Advocate says: "Moosbrugger's 2005 Gruner Veltliner Gobelsburger once again represents a sensational value. Scents of flowers and hay introduce a clear, bright, juicy, melony, limey mouthful of wine...