Video: How To Order Wine In Restaurants
If you have ever felt a touch of anxiety when ordering wine or been overwhelmed by a restaurant’s wine list, this video is for you. My Wine Tribe’s video on how to order wine in restaurants provides practical tips to help you navigate what can…
Pasta And Red Wine: That’s Amore!
I can’t think of anything more delightful than sharing bowls of pasta with good friends and loads of red wine. (Not necessarily in that order. Sorry friends.) But finding the perfect pairing for pasta is challenging, given that there are so many delicious pastas, so…
Wine Words: A Video on The Basics of Wine Terminology
At My Wine Tribe we provide not only customized wine recommendations, but also educational tips to make your journey into the world of wine more enjoyable. Let’s start with the basics: wine words. Wine lingo can be intimidating, elitist and generally off-putting, which is a shame…
Opening the Spigot on the Best Boxed Wines
I admit I don’t equate wine that comes in boxes with high quality. When I was in my 20s, most of the house parties I attended featured a warmish box of wine set out on the counter for those who didn’t like cheap beer or…
A Video Guide To The Best Value Wines
Happy holidays, everyone! I’ve created a series of videos to address your burning (wine-related) questions, including one I get a lot this time of year: “Can you recommend a great wine that won’t push me over my credit limit?” Trust me when I say I…
Top 10 Wine Gifts
Readers, if you haven’t already started thinking about holiday gifts, now is the time. In the age of Covid-19, you’ve got to plan ahead more than usual, especially if you’re doing most of your shopping online. And it’s not only the logistics that make gift-giving…
Best Bubbles For Every Palate
Despite the debacle that is 2020, there is always something to celebrate, no? Maybe it’s as deceptively simple as being healthy, having friends (even if they are socially distanced) and a roof over your head. One must soldier on, raise a glass and toast to…
A Video Guide to Wine Openers
Hi everyone! in an effort to spice things up, I’ll occasionally be posting videos on wine love and lore. In the first, I try out five different wine openers and give my opinions on how well each works. You’ll be amazed at how much they…
Winemaker Victor Palencia Digs Deep
As you may remember, we recently reviewed the Palencia Albariño, a white wine that was such a big hit that it left me wondering about the winemaker behind such a unique and lauded wine. So I rang up Victor Palencia to learn more about Palencia…
Unusual White Wines For Unusual Times
I’ve been drinking a lot of white wine these days and I like to believe it’s for medicinal purposes—you know, to cool down during warm days and soothe my frayed nerves. Whatever the reason, I crave variety, so I needed to find some unusual white…
Want To Be On The Cutting Edge? Go Rogue.
Oregon’s Rogue Valley viticulture area (AVA) is named for the area’s tumbling river, but it could just as easily have gotten its name from the definition of “going rogue” to act independently and maybe a little out of control. Compared to Oregon’s celebrated Willamette Valley…
Rosé, Take Me Away.
When I drink rosé, I am transported to a sunny locale where waves lap at the shore, scantily clad hotties cavort and peels of joyful laughter drift by on the warm breeze. Sounds like a place I’d like to visit, stuck as I am enduring…
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