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Many wine lovers are familiar with Rhone Valley red and Rosé wines, but not always the whites. We’d like to change that here. We don’t cover spirits as much as wine, but an article on Bloody Mary garnishes got my attention and you will not believe the garnishes....

The largest wine region in the world is also one of the most varied, has some of the best wine values, but does encompass many subregions of which most wine lovers are unfamiliar. We intend to change that. We’ll also summarize the results of a wine tasting event from...

It felt like summer while vacationing down on North Padre Island near Corpus Christi in early June, which is why we had no show last week. This week’s show was inspired by some Italian red wines I served as part of a wine event on June 18. So we begin with notable...

It’s been too long since we last visited Argentina and tried some of their other wines besides Malbec, so we’re fixing that by covering Mascota Vineyards. When it comes to 20th century American music, few composers have entranced listeners more than George Gershwin in...

A tour of California wine country led to a few weeks off my radio show, but now I’m back. First up is a grape that makes some of the sweetest and the driest of wines and a versatile blending grape as well; Semillon. Next we take a look at what else Gustav Holst...

Lately I’ve mentioned ways to find wines with a high QPR. In the past we’ve also covered the wonderful health benefits of wine. But not all wines deliver that benefit because of chemical residue on vines from pesticides, fungicides and also additives in wine that can...

While it is tempting to go with mass-produced wines because of their lower cost, there are times when every wine lover wants to taste honest wines; not manipulated into something that tastes like every other mainstream wine. That’s one of the reasons why many European...

Our first show since I returned from vacation in Sedona I decided to address inflation, which has hit every aspect of life on this planet, and that includes wine. For those of us that love French wines, finding areas with a high quality to cost ratio have been looking...

Last December I went to a MRG Vine & Wine event at Jaramillo Winery in Belen. As the Wine Appreciation chair for Vine & Wine I’ve hosted several wine events, so having a chance to just enjoy the holiday event had me eager to go. Now I can comment on what I...

We have three events to cover today, the Academy Awards, Opera Southwest’s Turandot and St. Patrick’s Day. First we’ll cover wines for St. Pats and then a new feature for Salon Saturday; cooking with wine. Then an overview of Puccini’s Turandot. For the Academy awards...