How Long Does A Wine Keep?

03-29-2012
Don't let your bottles get this dusty! The people who head to the store on the way home to pick up a bottle of wine for dinner have it right.   Most wine – and by “most” I mean 95% of it – is meant to be …

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Wines of Summer: Picks from the Pro and Amateur

03-27-2012
1337577_wine_swirl The recent portfolio tasting of a New York distributor seemed the perfect occasion to find some terrific summertime wines.  But why just offer my opinion?  I asked my friend Susan, the Amateur, to join me (the Pro.)    Our goal …

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Beyond Nouveau: The Cru Beaujolais

03-23-2012
beauj A light, fluffy wine known as Beaujolais Nouveau hit its peak of popularity in the 1980s, thanks to a marketing invention of negoçiants Georges Duboeuf and an assist from the INAO, the body that makes French wine laws and legalized …

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INTRODUCING DOMAINE NEWMAN

03-14-2012
domaine-newman-clos-des-avaux-beaune-premier-cru-france-10329351 The name “Domaine Newman” is rather dissonant. Why does a French estate boast such a decidedly American name? Is the owner a Seinfeld fan, or is it perhaps pronounced “neu – mahn” with a nasal emphasis on the last syllable? …

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About Paso Robles

03-09-2012
   The Central Coast is a vast swath of California that starts roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles and stretches all the way to San Francisco.  Paso Robles falls neatly in the middle, equidistant from each city.   This …

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