... want to check out the companion map of Chicago wine shops to pick up a bottle or two o the way ... Filed under: Wine , Restaurants , Midwest Cities , On the Blogs Anyone who lives in, or around, Chicago might want to take a peek at this great map put together by Dr. Vino . According to him ... map is a start at cataloging all of these places so that diners know where they can - and can't...

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, American attitudes towards vintage ... items.  They carry not only food, but also wine, cookbooks, cookware, and much more. Hope you enjoy...

As promised, we’ve made our Portugal map available for you. Here’s where you can find all the Portuguese wineries, restaurants, wine shops, etc. that we’ve covered throughout the month of August. We’ll continue to update it... More info at www.catavino.net...

Lange 2005 Pinot Noir: Holy crap. That's a good wine...

The New York Times has an excellent article [free registration required] about the whole sphere of the 100-point wine scoring system. Required reading for any wine enthusiast...

A fantastic buy at $13 a bottle, Toad Hollow's Erik's the Red is a massive, full bodied, and downright festive red wine. It is made up of 15 different grapes and may well be the perfect table wine for any occassion. It is fruity - with ripe...

The title of ‘Wine Tasting’ was a bit misleading. What Casa Ludovico held was a cuisine and wine experience. Most wine tastings are pretty similar. I expected an array of five or six wines, a few plates of bread and crackers, a bunch of people standing around talking quietly among themselves while...

Tomorrow (6/14/2005) a local Italian restaurant is having a wine tasting. I will be there to see what they have to offer. I believe there will be some more affordable wines involved although I know a few of the offerings will be rather expensive but I am hoping to find some values...

... on the wide topics of wine here given that it’s one of the central themes here, so I’ve added subcategory tags to the Wine category for Appellations & Vintages , Ohio Wine , Wine Blogs and Wine Science . I was thinking about adding a few more subcategory tags, such as Wine Law & Policy or Wine Events. My ... . Those two that I mention perhaps? A wine reviews tag separate from the general reviews category...

"Judging Australian wine shows is the closest I've ever come to hand-to-hand combat." So says wine writer Tim Atkin the Uk's The Observer: "No one actually exchanges punches, but the verbal fisticuffs can be brutal. If you're brought up to be polite and to consider someone else's point of view, the bare-knuckle opinions can come as a shock. 'I thought that wine was fucked, mate,' a fellow...