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I first met Joe and his wife at their Napa Valley home back in 1978, when my new bride and I sat around their kitchen table, tasted his wines, and found out why this valley was destined for glory. Some years later they were in Bermuda and, as I care...

I have unique and fond memories of Port-au-Prince and it was there in Haiti, in the early 1500s, that the Spanish discovered a method of roasting meat over an open fire that the natives called “barabicu” that translates as “framework of sticks set up...

If you are in the Burgundy region of France you may be standing on the 47th latitude north, follow this to the far west and you will be very close to the vineyards of Oregon. If you journey south you will find that Central Otago, in the South Island...

Ten years before I became involved with the wine trade, in the entire world there was only one small, 17-acre vineyard, producing about 200 cases a year of our featured variety today. The grape called Viognier (vee-on-yea) was on the brink of taking...

I must advise you dear reader that despite the heading, if you carry on you will see that I am not about to suggest the correct wine(s) to accompany said pie, but only that by happenstance both crossed my path at the same time on an evening last week...

The ancient Romans gave it the name Val (valley) poli (many) cella (cellars) and Valpolicella is a viticultural area in the province of Verona where the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara grapes are grown. Last week, we had a visit from a representativ...

Some say that this grape takes its name from a local black bird in France called Merlau, as it resembles the same dark colour, but I suspect their propensity to eat the sweet, ripe grapes is the real reason. You see, Merlot ripens earlier than other...

We all know that the popular size for “Monday to Thursday night wines” (translate as inexpensive) is a magnum, and this is mostly based on economics. For instance, Barefoot Pinot Grigio magnums are $20.35 and half that amount in a standard bottle is...

As undisputed champions (in the opinion of one house anyway) of the neighbourhood Good Friday fishcake throw-down, I am thinking of the perfect wine to accompany such fare along with kite flying. The Cuvaison “Kite Tail” Chardonnay 2011 is so appropr...