Have you ever wondered how people come up with tasting notes on the back of a wine bottle? The ones that read something like, “Full-bodied with aromas of green peppercorn, graphite, dark chocolate and ...

For thousands of years, people have been making great wine in Tuscany. Known in Italian as “Toscana,” some of these wines remain some of the most revered — and most expensive — wines in the world. But ...

It occurred to me recently that while Reverse Wine Snob is meant to be friendly enough that someone who knows nothing about ...

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Wine snobs often use odd terms to describe wines. We’ve all see a parody of the wine snob: an erudite personage, probably fancily dressed, holding the stemware just so and making declarations of ...

So let’s break the rules and go with a Left Bank wine from just north of St. Estephe that is led by Merlot and not Cabernet Sauvignon. But for under $30 it is a great introduction to quality Cru ...

“We also have a barbera and a Gigondas,” said the server, as she stood next to the table, offering my friend the full roster of available red wines by the glass. The curse of the American wine drinker ...