In Wine for Newbies Episode 54, we present the Wine Appreciation 101 Class at Indiana University South Bend--specifically, the second lecture where we learn about Riesling. We also include some information on food and wine pairings. Be sure to visit Dr. Loosen's web site for great information on Riesling. As before, this episode is broken up into three parts. You can find them...

The Wine For Newbies discussion forums are now live, and in sort of a beta test mode. Please visit http://winefornewbiesforums.net/to register and start the discussions. We may end up sorting a few bugs out (like the web address issue that you'll see) yet, but everything should be working smoothly soon. Enjoy...

Well, the envelope of my technical skills anyway. The feedback I've received over the last few weeks convinces me that an online forum would be popular with listeners. This is a place where we'll be able to discuss wine, ask and answer questions, and form a nice community. I ran across some articles online about using older hardware to run as a web server, and I thought that would be a perfect...

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 ... , to those of you who made this possible, thanks! Let me also remind you about the Wine for Newbies...

... the urge to venture into whites quite yet.  WBW #20, hosted by Wine for Newbies , was a good start though ... This was a tough one for me.  There are a number of great white wine varietals being produced ... . To be honest I was not a big fan.  The wine was a tad too sweet and seemed unbalanced between alcohol ... wine, or wines with strong fruit and exotic characteristics; head to your local wine shop and ask...

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...