Special Occasions

Seasonal wine drinking has gotten complicated with all the advice flying around about what you should drink when. As someone who spent years exploring how...

Trader Joe’s just dropped their holiday wines. The $7 Côtes du Rhône is back and it’s still a steal. Grab a case before December.

Dessert wine has gotten complicated with all the overlooked bottles gathering dust in stores. As someone who discovered the magic of sweet wines after years...

Sparkling wine pairing has gotten complicated with all the different styles flying around. As someone who discovered that bubbles are wine’s secret weapon for food...

Rosé wine pairing has gotten complicated with all the seasonal advice flying around. As someone who once dismissed rosé as summer-only sipping wine before discovering...

Not everyone drinks alcohol. I learned this lesson the hard way when my sister-in-law showed up pregnant and I had nothing to offer her except...

I didn’t really get tequila until I was about thirty. Before that, it was just the thing you shot at parties and regretted the next...

I’ve hosted Thanksgiving dinner exactly seven times. The first three, I stressed endlessly about the “perfect” wine. Now I just buy more bottles than I...

I’ve probably paired wine with turkey at least twenty times now – family Thanksgivings, random Tuesday night turkey dinners, the occasional turkey breast because it...

Every year around November, someone asks me what wine to bring to Thanksgiving. I’ve given this answer so many times I could probably recite it...