excellent everyday wines

There was actually something cool feeling in the air tonight and it felt great to sit out on the deck, lingering with dinner and the juice o...

Nero d'Avola, Sicily's most important grape, is often compared to Australian Shirazes. And while they share a warm climate with plen...

I've become a big fan of many of the Spanish whites I've tasted over the last couple of years. Many of them are light and easy to dr...

The Piedmont district of northern Italy is home to some of the worlds most famous and long lived wines. Barolo and Barbaresco, made from the...

Southern Italy boasts a huge number of overlooked, under appreciated  and downright ignored indigenous varietals. Names like Gaglioppo, Cann...

I usually love to open a friendly everyday red when we're grilling chicken, but with temps in the mid 90's again, I had to go with a...

Now I'm not one to totally turn my back on red wines during the summer months, but last week's temperatures found me taking a pass o...

Rosso Piceno is a little known DOC in the Marche region on Italy's east coast. I've already written up Fattoria Laila's delicio...

Every once in a while you stumble upon a wine that you you've never seen, know nothing about and would not even give it a second thought...

Here's a California Cabernet that will win the hearts of the pure fruit crowd with ease. Made by a winery that sources this fruit from v...

Here's a $7.99 Spanish wine that delivers what many wines costing twice as much can't possibly muster. This winery is a project of t...

I've previously stated my love for these wines for everyday use and here is another great example from the fantastic '09 vintage. Th...