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Coffee or Wine: What's Your After Dinner Pleasure?

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A new survey gives us a peek inside the minds of after dinner drinkers.

A great dining experience is more than just a reflection of the main course. While steak or pasta is likely to have the biggest impact on your meal as a whole, there are secondary matters that, when added together, can be just as important. One of these rarely discussed but highly influential factors is the drink choice after a...read more

 

Classic Wines Spotlight: St. Helena Road Winery

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Tuesday, October 7, 2008

St. Helena Road Winery gives us an inside peak at the operations and history of their unique vineyard.

Classic Wines is proud to present the next installment of our spotlight series. Patty and Richard Maier, COO and CEO of Saint Helena Road Vineyards and Winery, have made a name for themselves in very short order. A young business, comparatively speaking, St. Helena opened its doors just a few years ago. Since its inception, Patty and Richard...read more

 

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Wine Trends for the Changing Season

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The seasons are turning... the temperature is dipping... and wine trends are shifting!

Not too long ago we were advising you to try chilled reds to cool down in the summertime. How times have changed! Now the leaves are turning shades of orange, red, and brown, and the tides of wine are shifting away from those chilled reds and whites. It stands to reason - when the air is cool, we naturally desire something with fuller...read more

 

Looking to List Your Wines Online? WineRAC is Ready and Waiting.

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Thursday, September 18, 2008

ClassicWines.com has created a new wine search engine that is designed to help you get your products online.

Ecommerce is a global behemoth. Websites like EBay and Amazon are so broad in their scope that the only limit is imagination. Some industries have taken to online shopping with fierce enthusiasm - electronics, cars, books, and music just to name a few. Other industries are more deeply entrenched in the tradition of face-to-face interaction, and...read more

 

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Merchant Spotlight: DrinkUpNY

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Monday, August 18, 2008

Classic Wines takes a closer look at one of its premier merchants - DrinkUpNY

In the world of wine mercantile, things can feel a bit crowded. State stores, online stores, and wine clubs are all competing for the same business. In this field, it pays to make the extra effort to stand out in one way or another. DrinkUpNY looks to shipping for that extra boost. DrinkUpNY is a New York based company (as you might have...read more

 

Gigi Expands Its Palate As It Builds Out a New and Improved Wine Cellar

Written By: Randy Torban on Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Someone once said 'you're either growing or dying.' Gigi looks to make it the former.

One thing that makes a restaurant great is its continuing ability to evolve. One great example of this is Gigi Restaurant and Lounge located in Olde City, Philadelphia. An already well established hotspot, Gigi is known for its great food, strong cocktails, and chill decor, but that just isn't enough for owner Sean T. Glynn. Although happy and...read more

 

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WineRac - For Your Bottle Viewing Pleasure

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Thursday, June 26, 2008

Classic Wines introduces revolutionary software to improve your wine shopping experience.

Wine is such a traditional part of human culture, it's difficult to envision anything besides rows of bottles in a dusty cellar. With such an old-world persona, it stands to reason that wine has seen a sluggish transition into the online universe. Classic Wines has worked hard to bring vino into the 21st century, and now has taken a dynamic...read more

 

Not Your Typical Wine Dinner

Written By: Randy Torban on Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Wine and Food Pairings at Marmont Steakhouse

Who isn't a fan of wine dinners -- food prepared by an executive chef, and wine selected especially for those dishes. Great pairings not only make for a great night; they also give you plenty of ideas to take home with you. There's just one thing: I don't want so much structure throughout the whole meal. I'd like the education, but I would...read more

 

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The Hottest Wine Accessories You Might Not Know About

Written By: Matthew Apsokardu on Thursday, June 19, 2008

Got all the gadgets and wiz-bangs there are to get? Maybe not.

All anyone really needs to enjoy wine is a glass, a corkscrew, and a bottle. But what fun is that!? There are some really neat accessories out there that can enhance your wine experience. Here are some fun ones that might just change your outlook on wine. Wine Saver Concerto by Vacunin - What happens when you open a bottle of wine but...read more

 

The 2008 Philadelphia Wine Festival

Written By: Randy Torban on Wednesday, June 11, 2008

PLCB - Show us what you've got!

I'm not able to get out to the California wine regions as often as I'd like to. So, I always look forward to the 200 plus wineries that come to me for the Philadelphia Wine Festival. That special time of the year when I can stumble around, tasting $10, $20, $50 -- even $100 bottles of wine that I've only passed by while shopping in liquor...read more

 

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