by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
The New Year’s celebration is just around the corner, so, as a service to our readers, and because champagnes and sparkling wines are an integral part of the celebration, we thought that we should say a few words about those wines. There are a great many...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Is your favorite red wine cabernet sauvignon or merlot? If so, you are not alone, these varieties are today, the most popular red wines in the world. There was a time, about 500 years ago, when the only place that grew these grapes was the Bordeaux region of France...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There is an ancient Japanese saying “take the obvious and reverse it” and that is what we usually try to adhere to, especially when gift giving. We look at the obvious gifts that we give and ask the question “would we want that?” We have...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There is an ancient Japanese saying “take the obvious and reverse it” and that is what we usually try to adhere to, especially when gift giving. We look at the obvious gifts that we give and ask the question “would we want that?” We have...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Wine gurus, commentators, writers and even self styled experts have, for years, sneered at the sweet wines and often refer to them as “cheap, gaudy harlots.†These same sweet wine detractors however, all rave and laud the attributes of Port, Bordeaux’s Sauternes...
High Vacuum Engineer: Senior Technical Adviser and Feature Writer for Modern Photography Magazine (1967-1973), co-founder of Together Vineyards, an experimental vineyard in South Florida which was the southern most registered vineyard in the Continental United States. Co-Author of several books on Home Wine Making, Home Beer Making and Distillation of Spirits. Co-owner of Camera & Video Repair Institute in Sunrise Florida. 
Wines Without Names , Just Numbers
With our constant complaining about the quality and typ...
