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To GregT: I will poste a short "introductory post" soon. Hopefully next week, with some stats about Slovenia as a wine country. p.s.: the answer to the first question is yes. I own the largest wine shop in the capital -...

Or at least an opinionated one. But donccpa, don't put too much credence into those scores, whether the 97 or the 89. One guy really liked it. The other guy did too, but he didn't like it as much. Neither is really...

Please join us for JAQK Cellars’ Fall tasting event at Aventine. Enjoy delicious wine at Taverna Aventine, a drinking establishment built upon the site of the 150 year-old seawall that marks the boundary of the infamous...

Swiss Cellars is one of the top importers of Swiss wines to the US. Their site has good info on the regions and grapes varieties. http://www.swisscellars.com/switzerland.php

So a question in one of these threads, or perhaps in a comments thread on one of my articles got me thinking about my favorite varietal wines. First off I will have to group my answer in two parts, noble wines and not...

.......... the other good thing about having an annual VP tasting is that it provides an opportunity to see material in the cellar that has tended to accumulate over the years. We don't seem to drink port at dinner parties...

The Rutherglen tawney ports are good but the muscats and vintage ports (VPs) can be outstanding. The VPs are in a different style to the Portugese vintage ports, being more fruit driven, sweeter and not quite as spiritous...

I agree with you that Port does not get the recognition it deserves... in Australia, Rutherglen, VIC is considered the best region for fortifieds and Seppelt being the front runner. Check this link;...

If you can pick it up, one of the most complete books on wine cellars is by Richard Gold. You can get it from Amazon or someplace. The building advice isn't all that great but he does a wonderful job of synthesizing the...

In Japan, which has more than plenty of humidity for more than half the year, airconditioning units definitely dry the air too much. And even in a proper cellar where no machinery is needed the winters here get dry enough...