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The holiday season is upon us, and the store is full of every kind of wine or spirit or cider or mead to give and receive! How to choose wines for every occasion from a special gift to a social gathering to a lazy dinner at home?

What a week for wine! November 15 is International Zinfandel Day, and November 16 is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. And then, of course, Thanksgiving is just about a week away - and that's a wine occasion, for sure!

What is Tempranillo? It's a red wine grape that's most widely associated with Spain, though it's also grown in Portugal, where it's known as Tinta Roriz, and in Argentina. Temprano means "early" in Spanish, and this grape does just that, ripening early and flourishing in a warm climate with calcareous...

From Dominique's class on Zinfandel, the 2020 Turley Old Vines Zinfandel proved that Turley's dedication to Zinfandel in the Napa Valley, which started in 1993, continues to impress. Turley is well known for producing outstanding wines, and this one was lovely, with bright berry notes laced with some stone fruit...

It's always an exciting time in the store when we get new wines from winemakers who are industry leaders. Joseph Carr is one of those leaders, progressing from wine enthusiast to sommelier to wine industry executive before founding Joseph Carr winery and launching Josh Cellars in 2005

Happy fall one and all! This time of year is a free-for-all where wine is concerned. It gets warm enough for crisp, cold whites or roses; it gets dark earlier, which makes lighter-bodied reds perfect for outdoor evenings; and there's that bigger red wine feeling in the air, too. What...

Don't you love when you discover a great wine and it's also a great value? There are many of them in the store, it's true, and the current line-up of Triple Point wines is no exception.

August may have been without Dave's and my Wednesday night wine education classes, but it wasn't without an opportunity to learn about and try some amazing wines. On August 8, Exit 9 welcomed Catarina Corvino from Ruffino, who poured some classic stand-outs from this iconic producer. We got some history,...

Last week's wine education class was "Uncommon Whites, Summer Delights." Wow, did Dave select some lovely white wines for the class to taste through! I was fortunate enough to be able to taste them, as well, and for those of you who didn't make this class in either June or...

It's officially summer, the season for outdoors. Picnics, parties, concerts, vacations - lots of occasions to get together and celebrate. We have some super summertime wines for you.

Summer is officially here, and Dominique has you covered in her latest On the Wine Side with a look at some wines to help ring in the change of season.