Feeling a bit under the weather today, and my voice isn't very cooperative, so we'll have to wait until next weekend. Hopefully I can bang out three or four episodes then. Until then, have some great wine this week!

"Time keeps on slippin...slippin...slippin...into the future..." I forget who recorded that tune, but its lyric is accurate. Last weekend was a holiday weekend here in the U.S., so while I had an extra day to work with, the podcast just didn't get done. This weekend, I'm working on getting ready ... instead of a week) where I hope to bring lots of good stuff back. So, this podcast is still alive...

Gabriella is home and I wanted to find out a bit about her trip to the states. So today we talk a bit about here trip, what she tasted and what she saw. Then we open a bottle of Cava up. It was a gift to us from our parents ...

The Spanish Table is a US based retail operation with 4 locations on the west coast. If your not on the west coast, no problem, they ship anywhere they can! Today I talk with one of the people involved with the Spanish Table, Andy Booth. We talk about wine, food, ...

Wow...wow wow wow. Wine for Newbies has been a featured podcast in the Arts:Food category at the iTunes Store for a week or so now. I happened to look today, and was surprised to see that Wine for Newbies is, at least for this moment, the highest rated wine podcast at the iTunes Store--beating even the 800-lb gorilla Grape Radio. Of course, using a ranking in the iTunes Store is kind...

Today after a one week hiatus we’re back with an interview with Adrienne Smith. For about 6 months now she has been helping out to contribute to Catavino.net with articles on regions, grapes and more. This week I had a chance to sit down and talk to her about her ...

My parents were in town this past week which resulted in the slow posting schedule. However, we had a great time and were able to include a visit to the Cava wine producer, Codorníu. A morning stroll across the grounds of this historic estate and an early afternoon wine tasting ...

Welcome back! It’s been awhile and we’ve been busy trying to get settled into our new home! So today I wanted to let you know about a few upcoming events and to recap our successful Meme: The 2+1 Iberian Wine Survey. We got a lot of great responses from people ...

Mick and I briefly outline what the show offers and who it's for (ie; everyone who likes wine).

Just a few of the topics we're working on for you. Hopefully one or more will be published this weekend. The wines of Hungary, including its incredible dessert wines The wines of Greece--it's not all ouzo Petite sirah--no, not a little syrah/shiraz Corks v. non-cork enclosures for your wine bottle ...