Best Wines for Hosting Guests
Hosting a dinner party can be both exciting and stressful. There are always many moving parts to consider: the table decor, seating arrangements (is it formal or casual?), the meal …
Hosting a dinner party can be both exciting and stressful. There are always many moving parts to consider: the table decor, seating arrangements (is it formal or casual?), the meal …

If you’re the type of person who skips past the white wines and heads straight for the reds, many wine club offerings might make you feel like you have to …
Most wine clubs look like a steal at face value. Fifteen bottles for less than a nice dinner out. A hundred dollars off. A full case for the price of …
Rosé has long been viewed as the ultimate summer sipper, thanks to its refreshing acidity and easy-drinking, fruit-forward profile. But the category is much broader than that reputation suggests. Wine …
Red blends are easy to love and span a wide range of flavors, regions, and prices. There are countless great bottles here to be discovered and enjoyed… once you know …
A few years back, I and a group of my friends from the catering and restaurant industry got together for a blind red wine taste test. Our hostess lined up …
Natural wine is having a moment, but it’s been around for more than 8,000 years. Ancient Georgians buried grape juice in clay vessels to ferment the world’s first wine, planting …
Being asked to bring wine to dinner should be simple, but I tend to overthink it when I don’t know what’s being served. That gets worse when we’re going to …
If you’ve ever stood in the wine aisle at the grocery store, Total Wine & More, or Costco, squinting at the back label of a bottle and trying to decide …
Total Wine & More is pretty much the ultimate in-person wine shopping destination. If you’ve ever browsed their aisles, then you’re already familiar with the experience: massive stores stocked with …
The first time I bought a case of wine online, I was convinced I’d found a brilliant deal. There were discounts everywhere I looked, bold claims about how much I …