Apparently, a majority of you think Champagne is overpriced.  Yet 49% of ya'll suck it up and buy the bubbles because they are so tasty. I have to agree.  Yes - it is expensive to produce.  However, by and large, Champagne is likely a wee bit overpriced.  Yet, I'll suck it up, plonk down the extra cash and pop the cork. Stay tuned for another wine poll. Bonus, post-poll Youtube fun...

Filed under: Wine , Beer , Trends , America A recent WebMD article highlights some of the alcohol-related results of a new Gallup Poll, and it looks like beer is back on top as America's alcoholic ... and 33 percent chose wine. It's also interesting to note that the sample group is based on Americans ... week people reported having in 1996. Perhaps people are becoming more wine and beer savvy, or perhaps...

... a type of food or drink that will prepare your senses so you hit the first wine in full stride? With this in mind, we present the first-ever Silk Road of Wine blog poll (results to follow ... , your palate is not truly "warmed up" until the 2d or 3d wine you are tasting so the 1st one gets...

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...