VinoFictions

My wife, Anne, comes from a literate family. True to her lineage, Anne is a good writer, but she doesn’t write. Believe me, she’s a lot bett...

A few weeks ago, one of my wine contacts, Jason, wanted to know if my aim is to talk about wine philosophically. He said that often my wine...

I buy California wines, but I certainly don’t buy as many as I did twenty or so years ago, and this past week I tasted three wines that repr...

Just to let everyone know that I've teamed with a group that operates a wine-oriented site called Cruvee. They've asked me to keep ...

The subject of value wines came up recently on a wine Web forum. In both my career in the wine business and in my at-home wine consumption I...

Out of the mouths of wives often come illuminating thoughts. Last night, out of Vinho Verde for our before-dinner drink, I asked my wife i...

When we go out to dinner, my friends often look in my direction when the waiter comes around with the wine list in hand. Then, they tell me ...