
Beat the HEAT with COOL White Wines
It’s hot out…everywhere. So MOST importantly, NEVER leave a kid or a pet in a























It’s hot out…everywhere. So MOST importantly, NEVER leave a kid or a pet in a

As wine educators, journalists, marketers, grape growers, winemakers, importers, distributors, retailers, and an entire supporting

Thanksgiving will soon be here, and you’ve probably already decided on your menu. And you’ll

The rising demand for eco-friendly and sustainable packaging of all types of food, beverages, and

The wine industry, broadly, is rightfully concerned–even worried–about the current state of affairs: a glut

So you’re sitting in a lovely, fine-dining restaurant that has an extensive wine list, including

When you’re wine shopping in a store, you’ll usually see “shelf talkers,” those little tags

Let’s first establish something: wine is the fermented juice of grapes. Sake is not wine.

As new wineries pop up weekly, and online direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine clubs multiply, they’re all

Warm weather is here. Very warm. In fact, unprecedented “heat domes” in June and now

Wait a minute. Pinot Noir is a red wine grape, so what is this nonsense

Most wine drinkers, even real enthusiasts, will never buy wine futures–but, some of us of

Three years ago, two MIT Grads created an algorithm that promised to choose “wine you

Steven Spurrier, the English merchant, educator, winemaker, grape farmer, and advocate, died March 9 at

The effect of Covid19 on drinking habits is real: the vast expansion of Direct-to-Consumer wine

Yes, New Year’s day is more than a week behind us, and in any event,

My 2020 wines of the year—a white, a red, a Champagne, and a rosé—are a

Wine Flair’s Wine of the Week, an Australian number called Beyond Broke Road Pinot Gris
Wine-Flair Wine of the Week is Don Zoilo Williams & Humbert Oloroso Sherry, 12 Years

Ok, an unusual name for this Wine Flair Wine of the Week! A play on

Welcome to the Wine-Flair Wine of the Week! Yes, I know it sounds like a

I know you can get this at Wine.com, but I think (and hope) you can

OK so this Wine-Flair Wine of the Week is about a 50-buck wine. And it’s

This wonderful white wine is the product of Randall (Randy) Graham, the quirky and unique

Conventional wisdom is that Primitivo was brought to California around 1968, and scientists at UC

I walked onto a mediocre liquor store in New Brunswick, New Jersey the other day.

I couldn’t say goodbye to a month characterized by miserable heat waves (Or were they

Wine and food pairing is more an art than a science. So VIEW OR DOWNLOAD

I don’t actually know the answer to that today. This Black Box Sauvignon Blanc Chile

There are roughly nine weeks left of “traditional” summer—Memorial Day to Labor Day—and hopefully you’ve

It’s June 16th, which means I’m supposed to be at the beach house of my

I don’t know about you, but a quick scroll down my Facebook page a moment

Italy is (a) wine country. So of course, surely, you’ve heard the names of these

California Cabernets, especially from Napa, are well known for their power, richness, tannin, high alcohol…and

I’ve seen a lot of ads on Facebook lately for the Firstleaf wine “club.” The

So how’s that glass of Seyval Blanc I just poured you? What d’ya think of

When I received an invitation to the Slow Wine 2020 US Tour stop in New

The Barolo region of Itlay’s Piedmont is home to one of the world’s most distinctive

On January 27 I spent a couple hours at NYC’s Gotham Hall at Broadway and

I’ve been a customer of Last Bottle Wines for years, and it’s been mostly a

This is an old Wine-Flair.com post but it offers a lot of good advice for

I’ve just tried two very different but very delicious Paso Robles gems. Here they are:

Here are some great sparkling wines from France, Italy, USA, Argentina, and South Africa. I

I’ve recently written about wines from Bolivia, but in looking for them recently I came

This piece is a few years old, but I’m re-running it because I think #Champagne
One of the ways I’ve learned about wine, oddly enough, is to read wine books.

Viognier is among the world’s most aromatic whites, with a rich, viscous fullness, often a
And @BestBuySupport says nothing, nor does @CanonUSA. My wi-fi works fine, too. So many consumer products are garbage and retail outlets like #BestBuy simply don't care.
Are you Kathie Lee?
Copyright 2021 David W. Gaier – All Rights Reserved.