The Other Winery

I'm getting married next April in NYC. I was thinking of giving a bottle of Red and White as gift favors for all. I know everyone dose not share our indulgence, but I think its better then some Bell with our names and the...

What: "Birthplace of the Nation", by Book Signiing by Carl Flemer, owner of Ingleside Vineyards. When: Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 2 PM - 4 PM Where: 5872 Leedstown Road ~ Oak Grove, Virginia 22443 Linkage:...

Ciao Cigarman, This means that the law/wine legislation does not require that a vintage be quoted on the label. Of course you know this if you regularly buy it. Barolo Chinato is an aromatized wine - Barolo DOCG with...

If you guys are talking specifically about wine with chocolate, I've never found anything I like, with the possible exception of a Cahors Black Wine, or fortifieds like a Banyuls or certain ports. I'm serious about my...

Cakebread is an established winery in the middle of Napa, in Oakville, right across from Mondavi. Excellent cabernet sauvignons, and other varietals, too. Somewhat oldskool, but representative of the winemaking that built...

I am almost certain that a rich, unctuous and powerful Cabernet Sauvignon (from your favorite California vigneron) will pair surprising well with Black Forest Cake. Fortified wine would be my other choice (a young Vintage...

Oh yeah, one other that I just remembered is a New york label, Dr Frank. That's the Champagne label for Dr Konstanten Frank Winery.

Yes, Zufrieden, France is certainly the home of CF and still, to my taste, too, the source of the best CF. I've only had a couple of CFs in the past from the Niagara area, and they were extremely disappointing. It sounds...

dmcker sayeth: "...or that it was insurance fraud because the owner suspected or knew the bottles were fraudulent and wanted to get value from them as if they were real." I think this is the most interesting angle of it...

A number of things were left out of that very short piece, which was positioned as a breaking-news blog-type item, and not a proper news article. Insurance was one of them. There are a number of angles to and from such a...