Last week we got a phone call from the folks who run the Sierra Railroad, which operates vintage trains year-round out of Oakdale, CA. They asked us if we wanted to be the featured winery on their Dinner Train on...

Today I had the opportunity to sit with Robert Parker and a room full of other wine industry nuts at CIA Greystone in St. Helena and taste through a flight of 11 different Pinots from California and France blind. I’d been looking forward to this event since I heard about it here , and it did not disappoint in the slightest. I, on the other hand, was a different story. Before we started tasting...

From the CIA website: This year’s event will focus on Pinot Noir, one of the world’s most prized and difficult varietals. Mr. Parker has chosen a dozen examples of Pinot Noir and red Burgundy, which he will share in a blind tasting with the participants. “Pinot Noir is widely considered ...

Watch this Episode! Wines tasted in this episode: 2005 Margerum Sauvignon Blanc Westerly Vineyard 2005 Tensley Camp Four Blanc 2003 Alto Moncayo 2003 El Nido Clio With the new edition of Wine Advocate out, Gary today tastes and gives his review on five highly rated wines. Watch to see how ...

Wines tasted in this episode: 2005 Thorn Clarke Shotfire Ridge Shiraz 2003 Nuriootpa Barossa Class Shiraz 2004 John Duval Plexus Hobbs Shiraz 2003 (SOLD OUT) Today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes the wines from Australia that were scored very highly by Robert Parker in the latest Wine Advocate. Sit back and enjoy this very special episode from WLTV. Also Gary has a few prizes today...

Filed under: Wine , South America , Magazines , Australia , America , Europe , Italy Over on BusinessWeekOnline, uber winegeek Robert Parker picks ten wines that are all under $10 , some as low as five bucks. So if you're looking for something that won't break the bank, but still have high scores on the tasting scale, here are his choices: Vina Antigua Tinto 2005 - Argentina, 86 points...