Recently, the wife and I have been discussing a possible trip to California next year. A few of the issues are for how long and where.

I’m leaving Chile(till later) and heading over to California to try a few more Zin’s.

New Collection of Artisan Wines in a Break-Through 3L Premium Wine Cask Launched

This is the third of the Carmenere wines I tasted this month.

It’s been a few years since I tasted Carmenere.

Wish I had a nice Canadian wine tonight so I could toast the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team on their winning of the Gold medal.

Think my taste buds are back.

It’s been a long time since I was able to watch a Super Bowl at home.

One of the great things about social networking is that you often get in contact with friends and classmates from a time when all was great, life was fun and we were all going to live forever.

Sometimes when you least expect it, you open what may becomes your new favorite bottle of wine. Tonight I opened one of my remaining bottles of Finger Lakes wine purchased at my last tour in December. An Atwater Estate Vineyards , Cabernet-Merlot 2007. A blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Merlot. ($25) The aromas were of plum and a hint of licorice…

Big break in weather today here in Central New York. Temperatures will reach about 30F. Must be the annual January thaw! To celebrate I figured to open one of my usually reserved for warm weather whites. My choice is one that was recently purchased at Lakewood Vineyards on Seneca Lake at the December ‘Deck the Halls” event. A 2007 Riesling. I really liked the zesty aromas of…

Somewhere among my 50 New Year’s resolutions (99.9% failure rate) was to leave my wine comfort zone more often as I continue to expand my trapped palate. To do so, I will have to taste, I mean drink, more wines that I never tried or wines I just never liked. So, to start off the new year …

What an exciting year this has been for Why Wine Blog and for me personally in my quest to further my knowledge of wine. The blog started out in 2008 only as fun thing to do and to give my new wine affiliate web site it’s first link. The web-site did not succeed, so I transferred many of my affiliates to the blog and …

Syrah has always been one to those wines I could take or leave it. Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. From that day on I was a…