One of the more endearingly maddening things about European wine classifications is that they try to lump location, in aspects that are increasingly specific, and “quality,” in ways that are often nebulous. Over at MyNameIsBarbera.com, I take this dichotomy head-on, in my dime-store-philosphical way (not yet trademarked, but it might as well be at this…
Category: learning wine
Cold And Quiet (How To Open Sparkling Wine At PartSelect.com)
I’ve done a lot of fun work with the folks at Fix.com, and they have a couple of sister websites to which they asked me to contribute. My latest for them is available over at their PartSelect.com blog: a primer on how to properly chill and open sparkling wine. Some of you might be rolling…
My Valentine… To Icewine (An Ice Wine Primer For Fix.com)
On Valentine’s Day last week, Fix.com published, appropriately, what amounts to my little Valentine to what might be the red-headed-step-child of dessert wines right now, Ice Wine. Hell, even the once-totally-ignored sweet Sherries are cooler now than Ice Wine (see what I did there?). Personally, I have a sweet tooth, which probably explains my borderline-obsession…
STFU, You Probably Aren’t Allergic To Sulfites (Taking On Red Wine Headaches For Fix.com)
Ah, the holidays; time for family, friends, and overindulgence! The latter, almost certainly, is the cause of your red wine headache, by the way. In any case, that evil cranial pain some of you experience after drinking red wine almost certainly is not the result of a sulfites allergy. Seriously… statistically, the most likely reason…