If you love wine, you've probably had at least one memorably bad wine experience in a restaurant. The reasons for poor wine service are, by now, painfully well known to most—unknowledgeable staff, a wine list that’s an afterthought, high price-read more-
Don't put away the Champagne quite yet. New Year’s celebrations are not over. Right around the corner is Setsubun a Japanese tradition celebrated on February 3rd. Setsubun, which means, "seasonal division" falls on the day before the beginning of each-read more-
To bid on any item in the catalogue, please click on the picture and enter your bid in the comments for each unique lot. As we create individual lots, they will be posted here, with a link to the individual-read more-
Wine for Haiti is going strong. The wine community has generously donated items worth $60,000, and Australia's Booze Monkey has nearly matched that effort down under. Now we need bidders, and happily, Wine for Haiti has also grabbed the attention of national and-read more-
When a bottle of Stone Hill 2001 Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine was broken across the bow of the U.S.S. Missouri recently, it was not only a tribute to the winemaker, the winery and the state of Missouri, but also-read more-
I will admit that I didn’t grow up watching American football, but soccer. There’s not much in common between the two sports except that they both involve a ball. But I’ve always been eager to adopt any holiday or occasion-read more-
At Poverty Lane Orchards on Farnum Hill, overlooking the Connecticut River in Lebanon, New Hampshire, proprietors Stephen Wood and Louisa Spencer grow true cider apples of English, French, and American origin. “We aim to re-establish fine cider making as a-read more-
The University of California Press has generously contributed a selection of any five books in their catalogue to Wine for Haiti. Books range in price from $25 to $50, making the total value of this auction lot as much as-read more-