Let's go back to Sicily for another terrific Nero D'Avola! This is a great little bottle of Villa Cutò that I found at Deegan's in Woodhaven, Queens for about $8. Garnet red clean colors with resinous aromas of plum, vanilla, and raspberry, under vegetal notes. also warm cherry pie, and on the palate more plums, red cherry and minute hints of spice. MORE >>

I'm just back from a weeklong trip through the Fort Lauderdale - Miami area performing wine tastings for Crown Wine and Spirits , our exclusive distributor in Florida. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to taste our wines, and everyone at Crown who made this trip such a success! Crosby Roamann MORE >>

It has been forever since I’ve posted but I saw this and LOVED IT! guess I liked it because I still think too many people don’t trust their own pallets, instead preferring to rely on “experts”  Hogwash I say…check out this cool article about how much the experts really know… EXPERTS FAIL CHAMPAGNE TASTE TEST [.]. MORE >>

In a series of post that will go directly into the Wine Blogging Hall of Fame, check out the return of the Hosemaster of Wine and his three-part series, PARKENSTEIN! ” In the second , the creation is animated “the monster’s speech was made up of grunts and snorts and slurping sounds. Hopefully there will be Young Parkensteen! MORE >>

I have often mentioned that my favorite white wine is Riesling, especially those from the New York Finger Lakes region. Another that I discovered in the past year that rivals those favorites is the Albariño wines from the Rias Baixas region of Spain. now think that it is maybe because I found the Riesling and Albariño so similar. MORE >>