It was one of the most magnificent tastings of my life. Yesterday I had the amazing fortune to taste 15 vintages of the legendary sweet wine producer 1 in Beverly Hills with a couple dozen wine collectors and wine merchants, at Wolfgang Puck's 1 restaurant.

If it's good enough for Zues, it's good enough for you! Wine isn't just made from fermenting grapes--for centuries civilizations have been fermenting honey into mead, the nectar of the gods. We explore the making of modern mead with our meadmaker, David Meyers of Red Stone Meadery in Colorado...

If it's good enough for Zues, it's good enough for you! Wine isn't just made from fermenting grapes--for centuries civilizations have been fermenting honey into mead, the nectar of the gods. We explore the making of modern mead with our meadmaker, David Meyers of Red Stone Meadery in Colorado...

If it's good enough for Zues, it's good enough for you! Wine isn't just made from fermenting grapes--for centuries civilizations have been fermenting honey into mead, the nectar of the gods. We explore the making of modern mead with our meadmaker, David Meyers of Red Stone Meadery in Colorado...

If it's good enough for Zues, it's good enough for you! Wine isn't just made from fermenting grapes--for centuries civilizations have been fermenting honey into mead, the nectar of the gods. We explore the making of modern mead with our meadmaker, David Meyers of Red Stone Meadery in Colorado...

Fort Simon proudly announces a first for the South African wine industry, and possibly a first world wide – a Noble Late Harvest made from Voignier grapes.

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Dessert wines are often likened to nectar because of their sweet, potent flavors and their silky, syrupy texture. I have an orange tree and some enormous lavender in my back yard and since the weather turned warm here in southern California, I've been watching the bees getting drunk on the nectar they are pulling out of all the blossoms. When I walked by the orange tree the other day, there were...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: John Dawson (Jackdaw) Post Time: 02-24-2008 at 04:59 PM

Last friday, lightning during heavy Sydney rain payed my router, laptop and external hard-drive a visit. In my own defence, there had been no other lightening strikes for about 4 hours previously. Consequently it's all fried and I'm waiting for new gear to arrive. I may have also lost a ...