Small Italian Wineries Struggle to Crack U.S. Market

San Casciano, Tuscany, Italy – New Jersey native Anthony Finta brings wines from tiny Tuscan estates to eager U.S. consumers.

Wine, Women, and Weight

By now you’re heard the news, Alcohol May Help Fight Weight Gain In Women! Any news that promises weight loss is gulped down here in America even faster than we bolt our super-sized Big Mac, fries, and shake combos. But is there anything to it? Let’s look behind the curtain, shall we?

A Delicate Balance

With modern fusion cuisine and wines from new regions around the world, the choices – and confusion – are abundant. One new school of thought is that any wine goes with any dish. However, most of us don’t put ketchup on our ice cream for the same reason as we don’t drink a delicate white wine with a hearty meat dish or a powerful red wine with sole – they are mismatched flavors and textures.

Off the Beaten Path in Northeastern Italy: Three Winemakers Discuss the Future

“Big industry is destroying nature. It is destroying people, too. That’s why the future lies in natural production, such as ours. Once you try this type of wine, the next morning you feel as if you had milk.”

A Little Bit of Class in Australian Shiraz

This tasting showed me that Australia does indeed make great wines, and that more people should seek out good bottles from the land down under.

A Passion for (Kiwi) Pinot

New Zealand has probably more than any other country picked up the pinot noir ball and run with it. So why is it so exciting?

Uniqueness in a Bottle: Xinomavro

Xinomavro is an indigenous grape variety that grows in Northern Greece and is anything but common. Wines made from this variety lack primary fruit on the nose; instead one finds an intriguing combination of olives and tomatoes. But on the palate, raspberry flavours typically shine through. The colour is often pale and relatively unstable, and can evolve quickly into a tawny colour in the glass. The rim often looks mature even in young wines.

Brazilian Winemakers Take Aim at U.S. Market

Brazil is internationally known for its Carnival, Samba, coffee and soccer, but a special group of Brazilian companies wants Brazil to also be known for a very different product: wine

Brimstone in the Bottle: Sulfur Compounds in Wine

The word “sulfur”, in my mind, is inexorably linked back to Mr. Burcik’s high school chemistry class

Wining and Dining Through Western Australia

When it comes to Australian wines most people think of densely fruity, spicy Shiraz, or robust, oaky Chardonnay from the country’s well-known wine regions like Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. At the southwest tip of the continent, however, lies the Margaret River region of Western Australia

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