A true wine lover once told me that you don’t need to have a special occasion to open that special bottle of wine: opening the wine is the special occasion.
I try to live in accordance with this simple philosophy whenever possible, applicable not just to wine, but to many things in life. Sometimes, [...]

I actually blushed a little bit when I bought tonight’s wine. I picked it up at Number 1 Check Cashing, our convenient neighborhood corner store with a very dusty wine shelf, which is not surprising given the fact that they make all their money selling beer, porn, and lotto tickets. So to blush [...]