This is a re-post from a 5 article series in October 2008. Ulcer problems are keeping me away from drinking wine at present. Any one know of a good wine that will cure the problem, please let me know. Storing wine incorrectly can lead to spoilage or premature aging of the wine. If not kept moist, cork will dry out, shrink and become brittle. MORE >>

It has been 10 days since surgery and all seems to be going well. Pain is subsiding, I'm not in a cast & I get my stiches out in 2 days. Is it possible I may be able to bath like a human being again soon?? understand that if I commit MORE >>

Prum is almost too easy to love, and 2007 presents a very good year to collect these wines, so I recently ordered a mixed case and cracked a couple open. Perhaps predictably, my favorite wine of the night was also the most expensive, which ran me about $40 -- 2007 Joh. On the palate this is glorious, light and deft with a touch of zzzing! must find. MORE >>

Last Wednesday, Christie’s opened their their Board Room doors for a tasting of 17 wines from the Hospices de Beaune, preceding the official auction that Christie’s has officiated since 2005. Taking place on the third Sunday of each November, since 1859, the Hospices de Beaune hosts this auction to benefit the charities of Hôtel Dieu. MORE >>

You know you’ve been there: on the street, desperate for another bottle, being filmed by your friends and without a corkscrew. Okay, maybe not on the street or desperate as with this guy in the video, but definitely without a corkscrew! Here’s a technique that Khrushchev would likely endorse the next time that situation arises! MORE >>