Consider bidding on wine lots in an auction to benefit the Specialty Wine Retailers Association, which fights legal battles for freer trade. SIPPED: the hard question; SPIT: advertorial. And they’re not about the turkey. Her reply: “Yes, this media tour is with the Beringer portfolio of wines.&# The FTC would be proud of Dawson! MORE >>

As a long time business associate with a new import company. What happens when a reviewer tastes a good bottle, but some consumers buy what appears to be a completely different product? Think it couldn’t happen? Guess again and behold the saga of Sierra Carche 2005. He awarded it 96 points. opened my first one this weekend. Big mistake. MORE >>

Before tasting the wines, I did as much Internet research as I could. White Burgundy Tasting. Imagine yourself at a very elegant restaurant, hosting an important client, or trying to impress a date. You both decide on white fish as an entrée, so you are leaning toward a white wine. 2007 Jean Collet Chablis Vielles Vignes. MORE >>

Robin Goldstein, author of The Wine Trails and chef/owner of a fake, Wine Spectator award-winning restaurant , is the lead author on the working paper from the American Association of Wine Economists. The researchers served pureed Newman’s Own dog food alongside duck-liver mousse, pork-liver pâté, puréed liverwurst, and Spam. MORE >>

That’s what research has suggested since as early as 1924. But now some researchers are now suggesting that otherwise healthy people might just enjoy a glass of wine every night making it correlation not causation. SPIT: causation! Does moderate alcohol consumption make people lead healthier lives? Eegad! NYT ]. Well, anyway. MORE >>