Some people go ga-ga shopping for shoes or handbags; others go gonzo for wine. The point is that shopping for something you love can and should be fun! With that in mind, Palate Press would like to shine some light on-read more-
Here's a news flash: not all American wine comes from California, Oregon and Washington. Really. That's the message that Dave McIntyre, wine columnist for The Washington Post, and Jeff Siegel, a Texas wine writer known as The Wine Curmudgeon, wanted-read more-
Ah, the humiliation of it all: Statistics recently released by the European Union (referenced in this USDA report on the European wine market) show that the United States has passed France in exports of wine to Great Britain. The British-read more-
Things are rough out there. And not getting much smoother by the day now, are they? But we still gotta eat and drink. So, one might argue that in the absence of a quick surgical fix to our economic ills,-read more-
How Eliminating One Simple Word Can Make the World of Wine a Saner Place Minerality. It is one of the most commonly used words to describe both red and white wine, and yet it remains one of the most confusing.-read more-
The weather has turned warm here in the Bay Area, and we're getting treated to our annual Indian Summer. This is one of my favorite times of year, when I can wear a t-shirt with no sweater, I can sit-read more-
DALLAS – Okay, let’s deal with the bad pun first. . . . The Wines of Texas Are Upon You Photo courtesy of The Last Best West And they were—some excellent, most good, a few not up to par—during a recent weekend wine-read more-
As these economic times make clear, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Recycling and reuse have inspired a new wave of eco-chic, injecting sustainability into both the language of everyday life and the palette of the craftsperson. What material-read more-