4 Tips for Keeping Your Wine Safe at Home
We like to have several bottles of wine around the house at any given time — various cuvees for various occasions, to match various types of food, and to be ready for the occasional unexpected guests....
View ArticleHow to Chill a Bottle of Wine
We are just 16 days away from the summer solstice, which marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. To be precise, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, summer 2015 will begin on June...
View ArticleThe Swiss Approach to Wine Storage
Switzerland is known for many things, among them exquisite watches, luscious chocolate, 450 varieties of cheese, extremely private banks and magnificent mountain ranges. The pride of Switzerland is...
View ArticleProtect Your Wine from Heat and Sunlight
Temperatures reached into the mid-90s in Los Angeles and Phoenix, and well into the 80s in parts of the South and East Coast, yesterday. Autumn may be here, but summer refuses to go away completely. If...
View ArticleThe 411 on Storing Wine: Does It Ever Expire?
When you’re shopping for milk, what’s the first thing you check on the container? The expiration date — right? Same thing with a container of yogurt, or a loaf of bread, or a package of meat, or a can...
View Article5 Ways to Keep Busy With Wine This Weekend
A great way to defeat cabin fever is to keep busy. Here are five ways to stay engaged with wine — in-between sips — this weekend… Organize your wine collection. Whether you have a shelf, a cupboard, a...
View ArticleA New (Wine) Reason to Watch the Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel has been on heavy rotation in our household in recent weeks. After all, this is the most wonderful time of the year, and Hallmark has been going 24/7 with holiday movies since...
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