Some Books for the Summer
Here’s a list of book picks by Dr. Vino, guaranteed to expand our wine radar and have some fun in the process…
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It looks like a high-tech wine shop with row after gorgeous row of foreign wines in vertical racks. But it’s actually a showcase for some of the world’s finest chocolates,…
This is one of those ideas that seem to make so much sense I wonder why I hadn’t seen it before. The Vino 100 shop in Cathedral City, California –…

Barbados is the place you should visit if you want to taste some great dark-aged rum The stuff is said to be associated with pirate legends. It acts as the…
You’ve probably heard about the Gallup poll that shows preferences sliding towards wine over beer. I have my reservations about this though, I wonder if gallon per gallon the statistics…

I just had a walk-through at the Holiday Inn on Fishermans’ Wharf, courtesy of my colleague Anita Hubbard. All I kept saying was, “For a Holiday Inn, this is very…

Sterling Vineyards of Napa County had its 2001 Sterling Vintner’s Collection Chardonnay ranked #1 among 175 at a recent SF Chronicle Wine Competition. It took the Gold Best of Class…