ShareWhen people say “wine geek,” usually they mean it metaphorically. But sometimes the parallels between the pimply, C++ quoting nerd and the red-nosed, Frenchified wine snob are all too real. Here are nine gifts that will satisfy that special person on your list whose love of wine has taken on a certain cultish, slightly weird [...]

ShareEven with the Euro strong as it is, one of the wine world’s great values comes from the northern tip of the Burgundy wine region in France, from a little chalk and limestone plateau called Chablis. For the mouthwatering, citrusy, yet rich white that Chablis is, the wine is undervalued because of two reasons, the [...]

ShareTwo days after I opened it — and stored it with a vacuum seal in my fridge — this wine changed totally, and for the better. What came off initially as an overly-alcoholic, clumsy, fruit bomb developed into a gentle giant, capable of both power and subtlety. A lovely translucent, garnet color with a touch [...]

ShareSaying that some participants in their “Romantic Winery Tour” program have been gays and lesbians p.o.’d about California’s unequal marriage laws, Bart and Barb O’Brien decided to see if they help turn things around by raising money for Equality California, the state’s leading advocate for gay marriage. So their eponymous O’Brien Family Vineyards set up [...]

ShareBy Heather Findlay
First it was Bond, James Bond, who by ordering a Lillet martini in one of Ian Fleming’s classics helped raise this popular French apèritif’s international profile. Then it was Bruno Borie, the self-described black sheep of a prominent Bordeaux family, who scooped up the Lillet company in the eighties and gave the formerly [...]

ShareThis varietal isn’t usually thought of as rich and powerful, but one whiff of this example and you’re surrounded by a perfume cloud of ripe grapefruit and lime. The mouthfeel is sleek, sure. But a big, delicious wave of citrus flavors (including a punch of kiwi) washes over the palate. Refreshing and satisfying at once. [...]

ShareSince reports last month that a substance in red wine was found to prolong life in obese mice, sales of dietary supplements containing the stuff have spiked. Seems that people seeking immortality may find their fountain of life in the form of a bottle of cabernet — or rather, 700 bottles, since that’s how much [...]