good wine pairing can help. Mainly, because a child's meltdown can so easily lead to a parent's meltdown, and when there are two parents, one is likely to remain rational. This blog is primarily about learning, my own learning about wine and food, and how they play a part in my life. No laundry to go pick up, paychecks to go deposit.It's MORE >>

It is a low acid grape, and the very hot climate probably doesn't do anything to help preserve whatever natural acidity is in the grape. It is mainly Rolle, also known as Vermentino, with about 10% each of Ugni Blanc and Clairette. Doesn't it seem like an acidic wine? And obviously it's an oxidized wine, right? And no! Peter agreed. MORE >>

And as of last year, there’s no sales tax on wine (and beer and spirits) in the state, so that helps stretch the consumer’s wine dollar seven percent farther than other states. Gordon’s , 894 Main St., However, the state is one of the hardest for retailers to ship wine into. The Wine Bottega , 341 Hanover St, Boston. MORE >>

As I tasted through her wines, very impressed at the complexity of flavor and well balanced structure, I couldn't help but wonder if she was appreciative of the extra attention (that came along with awards and global media appearances, including CNN hours ago). "So how does it feel to be a winemaker. Or because of color." Biyela. MORE >>

Along the northern fringe of the Loire, starting about ten years ago, Eric and Christine Nicolas have helped revive winemaking in the tiny appellation of Jasnières and surrounds. The 2006 “Les Rosiers&# (about $29) bottling is a serious wine and that possesses quite a layered structure mainly of the honey on rocks variety. MORE >>