It’s time for the first monthly wine product sample review round-up of the new year, which means you now have a couple of recommendations for vinous-related things to buy after you’ve returned the crappier gifts that you received during the holidays! You’re welcome! Since it’s been as cold as Dante’s icy ninth circle of hell…
Tag: wine books
All Reference Books, Great And Small (November 2017 Wine Product Roundup)
This month’s wine product review roundup requires you to get your reading glasses, as we’re taking a look at two upcoming wine reference book releases, one of them tiny (and insanely useful), the other heavy and large (and maybe a lot less useful). First up is the venerable Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine, 2018 edition (Mitchell…
Rack ‘Em, Stack ‘Em, Defraud ‘Em (July 2017 Wine Product Roundup)
In this too-steamy month’s round up of non-drinkable wine product samples, I’ve got two items to highlight that I can recommend without nary a reservation; and for me, when it comes to putting wine products to the test, that’s the wine scribe’s equivalent of a tall, cold glass of Soave on a hot Summer’s day….
Essential Non-Rocket Science (Wine Product Roundup For March 2017)
In wrapping up March, it’s time for me to round up some of the wine product samples that are sent to me (the kind that usually aren’t physically digestible) for the month. And today, I’d like to highlight two very recent wine book releases that won me over to the point of garnering fairly high…



