Does Vintage Still Matter?
Recently I attended a screening of the documentary Vintage: The Winemaker’s Year, a film about the Virginia wine industry. During the film, the topic of […]
Wine Articles
Spotlight on a Varietal: Carmenere
A member of the Cabernet family of grapes, Carmenere is a grape originally planted in the Medoc region of Bordeaux. The name originates from the […]
Spotlight on a Varietal: Merlot
A red wine grape named for the Old French word for a young blackbird, Merlot has risen to be, on estimate, the third most planted […]
I’m on a Boat
So next week I’ll be on vacation, and because of that, there won’t be any reviews on The Good Wine Guru. Â But that doesn’t mean […]
Vintage Charts
So I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really use vintage charts. Â Now that’s not to say that I don’t pay attention to […]
Wine Storage
For anybody that’s ever kept more than about five bottles of wine in their house at a time, the issue of storing that wine can […]