Raise a glass to Prosecco!
Drink Up! Thursday, Aug. 13, is International Prosecco Day, so I thought I would take the opportunity to salute the world’s most consumed sparkling wine. While wine production and sales are flat or slightly falling in many categories, sparkling wines, led by Prosecco,...
Cheers to Pinot Noir
Drink Up! I am often asked to name my favorite wine…a question that might as well be asking who my favorite child is. OK, not quite! Still, this is not an easy question, as it depends on the weather, what I’m eating, who I’m with, where I am, etc. Rather than naming a...
Que Syrah, Shiraz, or Sirah?
Drink Up! “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” was a very popular song made famous by the late Doris Day in 1955. I remember my mother singing this to me as a child. I am loosely using a variation of the song’s title to introduce a few wine questions I...
Wine: It’s Greek to me!
Drink Up! Did you know that Greece preceded most of Europe — including Italy, France, Germany, and Spain — in becoming a producer of wine? Yet Greek wine is rarely mentioned by wine enthusiasts. Even in my sommelier education, Greek wines were mainly discussed for the...
