Classic Wines

Let's say you're a wine lover. One of the toughest things in your wine life is finding good bottles that are worth your money. Some people revel at the thought of burrowing through hundreds of bottles in their local state store, trying to find that dia...

So we have dealt with more microscopic levels of finance in terms of what it costs to manufacture, say, a nice bottle of Pinot. But what about the global market? What are the issues that we have to face with the ever-sinking dollar, the ever-thermal ...

I think I'm not letting any cat of the bag when I say we are for all practical purposes in a recession. There, I said what CNN has danced around for months. Call me cutting edge. Counter culture media outlet. But what does the "R" word mean to the ...

I've harped on and on about this, but just this week, there have been no less than four articles that focused on inexpensive wines: Bill Daley of the Chicago Tribune posted an article entitled "

Seems the repeal of the classification rulings in St. Emilion back to the 1996 standings has ruffled the feathers of the TTB (formerly the BATF) here on our shores. Why? Art Resnick, spokesman for th...

In the months of 2008, from April - June, $66 million dollars were spent on collectible wine in the US. Like I said, people who collect at this level aren't too worried about how much gas has gone up whether that gas is going into an S-Class, a Chr...

It isn't exactly breaking news that Amazon is contemplating this move. They have tried this before. You may or may not recall their failed bid at the online wine market back in 2005 where they simply funneled traffic to wine.com, and even before that...

Buying a bottle of wine can be an intimidating and mystifying process for many people. Everyone has had the unfortunate experience of buying a bottle in a shop, filled with hope about what pleasures would await inside it, only to return home and discov...