... thought, a wine bar — particularly one of this caliber, with bottles of wine lining two of the walls ... mainly of Italian choices in the $25-$60 price range, with a few rising into three digits. Last week ... a good price. This was a perfectly pleasant wine, though not as fruity and silky as the Vigne e Vini ... the wine list and its very low, if at all existent, mark-ups. In a world where the 200% mark-up...

... be credited with inventing the 3.0 Liter premium box wine category.  Constellation is currently the most ... ($14/3.0 Liter = $3.50/750ml equivalent). Black Box Monterey Chardonnay 2005 - Tasting Notes : Color ... After spending a couple of weeks with several premium Box Chardonnays in the refrigerator, I'm ... , convenience, and ease, there is another benefit: the easy to recycle box. Instead of hauling four...

Filed under: Wine , Business Yesterday, NPR's All Things Considered featured a story about how ... . Obviously, it's common to bring some wine back from the wineries you visit, but not being able to carry ... are offering styrofoam wine carriers that they hope will protect checked wine. Others are offering free shipping on large enough purchases. The styrofoam box pictured here comes from Uline Shipping...

-in-box format.  This is a response to quickly changing attitudes about wine packaging in the USA.  The box used to mean "cheap"  and "unsophisticated" wine was inside, but this is changing fast.  Lately I've noticed more than a few good wine customers mixing in the newer premium 3 Liter boxes ... .  The quality is there for the everyday "house wine" context, and having wine-in-the-box makes...

In celebration of Washington Wine Month, Hotel Vintage Park in Seattle has been holding wine receptions showcasing wines from the region nearly every day of this month.  I have had the chance to attend a few of these receptions and have had great wines from some of my favorite producers ... from McCrea brought three bottles to pour; the 2004 Roussanne, the 2003 Washington State Syrah...

Last weekend I judged the Riverside International Wine Competition.  I find the judging valuable ... not help sell wine like they did 20 years ago, but for two other things.    One: We judge (smell & taste, spitting out the wine the whole time) about 100 wines a day.  (A beer sure taste good ... craft.  I have been judging commercial wine competitions for over 25 years and do Riverside...

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...