Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City among other works of fiction, has been named WSJ wine columnist according to a tweet from Ray Isle, wine editor of Food & Wine magazine. McInerney wrote a monthly wine column at House & Garden until Condé Nast shuttered the magazine in 2007. In 2006, he married Anne Hearst. MORE >>

Every February I have been attending the symposium for professional wine writers in the Napa Valley. It's a great way to see good friends usually only accessed by tweets, writing on Facebook walls, and commenting on blogs. I'll try to post on the exciting wines I'm experiencing while I'm there! MORE >>

Well, I'm finally getting to taste the 2008 Colosi Nero d'Avola, a year after the newly labled 2007 vintage. Last January my post quoted Gary V's review of the 2007 when I said I could not wait to try it. That day has come and I'm impressed. It's just such a GREAT value! MORE >>

We're in San Diego for a little while visiting BrooklynLady's parents. The weather here is a little bit different from what we've had in NYC. Eucalyptus tree in the backyard, bright sunny day. My father in-law, or pop-pop, as my daughter calls him, has a nice collection of wine, mostly California wine and Bordeaux. How generous is that? MORE >>

Flipping through the pages of porkmag.com the other day, I was surprised to see that [yellow tail] has donated $100,000 to the Humane Society of the United States. Farmers are now protesting the move by dumping the wine on camera, such as the video above entitled “Yellow Tail is now yellow fail.&# MORE >>