The WS Top 100

Wine Spectator has revealed their top 10 wines of the year (wines 11-100 will be listed on November 19th). Their number 1 choice was Clos desPapes Châteauneuf du Pape 2005 scoring 98 points and priced at only $80. [Wine Spectator]

American Vineyards

Its a known fact that wine in America is rapidly growing. In 2006 Americans consumed 256 million cases of wine. Another interesting fact, currently wineries all 50 states that are producing and selling their own commercially released wines. In fact, the last state to start producing wines for commercial purposes was North Dakota in [...]

More Champagne Anyone?

Decanter.com has a small article about the French appellations body looking to expand the Champagne region by 40 villages/communes, giving more vineyards the right to call their sparkling wines Champagne. The article goes on to state that with this expansion, they are hoping Champagne’s annual production will increase from last years 333m bottles per [...]

Couples Match

Tonight I had a great pairing where the food and wine complimented the other perfectly, creating a balanced heavenly ying-yang effect in your mouth.
So what was this pairing? I found a recipe for Pork Au Poivre on epicurious.com. A very simple meal consisting of pork chops served with a creamy sherry and pepper sauce. [...]

Store In Style

The New York Time’s Winter 2007 edition of T Magazine has two slide show presentations featuring some very stylish and elegant wine racks and cellars - like the GE Monogram series wine vault pictured above. [NY Times]

$71,000 To Remove a Cork

This little gadget caught my eye today as I was visiting some of my daily web stops. What is it you say? Well, its a cork screw. A $71,000 cork screw to be exact. Oh don’t worry, as you expected it’s a foil cutter too. [Bong Bong Gadgets]

The Connoisseur’s Wine Club

So you think you’ve tasted a lot of wine in your time. Well have you ever wondered just how many different grape varietals you’ve actually tasted? I recently stumbled across a wine club that makes you ask yourself that question. The club, and their web site, is called The Wine Century Club. Their purpose [...]