CONSUMER'S CORNER



From: Anne

Subject: How can I tell if old bottles of wine are any good?



What are the advantages/disadvantages of old wine? Other than tasting like vinegar, how can I tell if an older bottle is still any good? A friend found some in a relative's wine cellar and just tossed them. I would like to know what she should have done.



Hi Anne:



Thanks for the email, and it’s such a good question that I've decided to… Continue

WINTER'S LAST GRASP



Almost every year at precisely this time is when I feel most fooled by Mother Nature. Monotonously, each turn of the earth around the sun brings the spectacle of a few weeks of brutal weather whose sole purpose, as far as I can tell, is to remind me of what I'm trying to escape as we hurtle toward spring and rebirth. And so this late-season cacophony of brutal cold and snarled commutes plays with my mind and takes me back to the desperate days of… Continue

Weinberg's Wine Notes #39 - Is Spring Here Yet?



Imagine a trip during summer vacation, on the road with your family when you were ten years old.



“Are we there yet?”



That's how I feel about the advent of spring. I realize this winter hasn't been much of a lion, but the crazily warm weather we've been having makes me long for the more traditional procession of seasons that used to be, when average daily temperature seemed more closely correlated to… Continue