While in Virginia on vacation, I picked up four bottles of Virginia wines, figuring I would try all four and choose one to review. Tonight I opened up the second bottle and had maybe the best white wine find of this summer, a 2006 Michael Shaps Viognier from the King Family Vineyards. The wines are produced with a traditional old-world style. MORE >>

Promotional authorities in the French region of Cahors are mounting a campaign that ties their little-known region to the well-known grape, Malbec. Is it a good move? Known as “the black wine of Cahors&# for its inky character, Cahors wines had their heyday in the early 14th century when production was high and half of it was exported. MORE >>

If you haven’t seen of snooth, a national website on wine, you should check it out. Fun fact–they just added articles from outside contributors to their site, and well, I wrote a piece for them titled, “Experiments in the Vegetarian Kitchen: Green Beans and Pinot Noir.&#  It’s a first of hopefully many more to come. [.]. MORE >>

There comes a time when you believe that a certain wine just can't get any better. hope I never get to that point in my lifetime. don't hide the fact that in the past two years I have fallen in love with wines from the Finger Lakes region of New York. have my favorite Finger Lakes wineries and my favorite Finger Lakes wines. Such is the case today! MORE >>

In a piece entitled “Mayor Doesn’t Always Live by His Health Rules,&# the Times reported yesterday on Mayor Bloomberg’s diet. To the tape: HE dumps salt on almost everything, even saltine crackers. He devours burnt bacon and peanut butter sandwiches. Whoa–talk about impossible food-wine pairings!! Or are they… impossible ?!? MORE >>