The results are in for the largest competition of American wines in the world.  This year the stakes get even higher for the prestigious competition, as the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition sets a new record with 5,500 entries. 2012 SFCWC Sweepstakes Winners: Sparkling Wine: Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards 2006 Carneros Blanc de

Barbera (bar-BEAR-uh) A lot of patience, a few meditative yoga moves, including Omms, and a winemaker can reward the drinker with the perfect Barbera! Just as the name easily rolls off the tongue, so does this delicious drink. Barbera is a medium bodied wine with its characteristic ruby red color, pronounced tannins, and acidity. Typical

The drill, double-hinged, red-winged, easy-twist, black pull-tap, rabbit ears, ah-so, & the professional all sound a bit like tools of the trade for a torture chamber, but in fact they are all names of common day corkscrews that you can find in any wine store. To help the bold and not so bold navigate through

Getting to the Bottom of the Bubbly Deciding which sparkling wine to celebrate the holiday season with can be enough to make you cringe. We are helping you pop the top on the cream of the crop and showing you some sparkling wines and Champagnes that are simply the toast of the town. In this

It’s a Woman’s Wine World! When it comes to wine purchasing power, women hold the purse strings. Studies show 8 out of 10 ladies are the ones lining up and checking out with wine to take at home.   In response to these stats, the International Women’s Wine Competition was created in their honor. In this video,

Albariño (al-ba-ree-nyo) In honor of Wine Wednesday I picked up a bargain bin bottle of wine at Cost Plus. I grabbed a 2008 Burgans Albarino Rias Baixas marked down from $11.97 to $7.88 I walked away with a steal and a Wednesday worthy wine. According to the label the wine gets its name from the