ShareI was inspired to make this the Word of the Week by a dear friend of mine who came home from a Sun Valley ski trip to with a case of Idaho wine. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had a wine from the state better known for potatoes. I asked him [...]

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Today’s wine word comes to you by way of Matt (pictured here with me), the national sales manager at Larkmead Vineyards, who, during a recent visit to the tasting room, described one of Larkmead’s reds as having “riparian” earth notes. The adjective describes the green belt next to a river or stream, so we’re guessing [...]

ShareI spotted this word in the November 15 issue of “Wine Spectator”: it describes the crime of letting a wine age too long before you drink it. It’s vinocide when, for example, you buy a lively sauvignon blanc from New Zealand’s latest vintage — and then forget about it in your closet for two years, [...]