By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Things have been a bit quiet here on the site over the past week, mostly because of the arrival of our newest team member, my daughter Anna Helene (that's here right there on the right), b...

By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor If you wanted to gain an understanding of what a winemaker is trying to accomplish, how long would you need? How many wines would you want to taste? How many steps would you need to take in the v...

By Julia Burke, Beer Editor and Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor Some say the best match for cheese is wine. We say those people are probably the ones who thought Buttercup should’ve stuck with Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Br...

Today, we offer a sampling of what our contributors and editors were drinking on Thanksgiving day and over the holiday weekend…. Julia Burke: Schulze Vineyards, Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, and...

By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor There is so much to learn from a single night of tending bar. On a recent Saturday, I was one of several bartenders for a charity fundraiser in Rochester. It was a farm-to-table event put tog...

Here's a sampling of what our editors and contributors have been drinking… David Flaherty: Eve's Cidery Rustica We're currently pouring a cocktail at Hearth that features Eve's apple cider and it's fly...

By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor Last Saturday I did something that I’d never had the chance to do before: I led an all-Niagara (USA) wine tasting for a national audience as Rochester played host to the American Wi...

By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor, and Tom Mansell, Science Editor Serious wine consumers are not, generally speaking, fans of synthetic cork. Most recoil at the sight of a plastic cork being pulled from a bottle they had otherwi...

By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor Last week I read the San Francisco Chronicle's Jon Bonne's outstanding takedown of cheap, bulk wine. I sent it to a few friends who are marginally interested in wine, but occasionally gri...

Here's a sampling of what we've been drinking this week… Dave Seel: Pellegrini Vineyards 2007 Chardonnay I'm a big fan of finding good wine at decent prices. I'll literally spend almost an hour in a wine s...