Wine Sediments

Not being heavily knowledgeable about wine, I’m always looking for ways to learn more. A recent issue of Cooking Light magazine had a helpful little section on improving your wine palate. Karen MacNeil, a Cooking Light wine columnist and author of The Wine Bible, gives us the following helpful tips:
Buy a basic, neutral-tasting white […]

In a recent Food Section article, the Sacramento Bee’s Food Editor Mike Dunne explored the practice of wineries buying grapes from farmers then putting the name of the vineyard on the bottle of wine produced. According to Dunne, this practice is “one reason wines with vineyard names are on the rise.” Dunne also cites the […]

My home town of Henley has just lost the crown to a London borough as the top internet purchasing town in the UK. It has slipped down to number two in the country; but whatever its position, the town spends thousands a week on the internet. This fact explains the ever present Ocado, Tesco and […]

Last Thursday I met with our vineyard manager, Jenaro Robledo, and we talked a bit about winegrowing and the glut of bulk wine currently on the market. Jenaro relayed to me that growers in Lake County and elsewhere can’t sell Merlot for even $350 a ton. Quite literally, they can’t give the grapes away.
Then I […]

We don’t have Labor Day over here in the UK; but by all accounts we are not missing out on much. But Dr Vino has taken it upon himself to raise the day to something a little more special by hosting a wine quiz. One with prizes!
Brought by Dr Vino himself, the top prize comprises […]