September means that Oktoberfest beers have been flooding stores for weeks. For pessimists, this signifies the end of Summer. For optimists, this hints at the beginning of the wonderful Fall. For many, this is very confusing, as they associate Oktoberfest beers with...
Back to school time is a great time for some big value wines. There’s a touch of Fall in the air I’m looking to get a nice wine for less than $15. Welcome Montoya Vineyards! Here is a Monterey Valley producer who is really making nice varietal wines at terrific...
For many millennia, over a billion migratory birds a year travel the Pacific Flyway from Alaska to Central America. This includes many species of ducks, geese and swans. I’m sure this was the inspiration for the Duckhorn winery when in 1985, they created the first...
Way back in the formative years of the Caymus Winery, owner’s Chuck Wagner and his son Charlie would blend wines directly from bottle to create flavor profiles and make food pairing more fun. It was a game and there no blends they could go out and buy. In 1989 they...
The translation is as follows: “Look to Spain and Portugal for some great wine buys! They just keep coming folks. Such great wines for parties, dinner, patio pounding and enjoying la vida dulce. Let’s start with red from the D.O. Toro. The Cermeño is fun for those...
Which beer boils makes the best beer brats? Well, I took it upon myself and my coworkers’ palates to find out. Let it be known that this is simply Part 1 of the experiment. After completing this round, I realized that there was a lot to improve on, so it would be a...
