Last Saturday I had a friend over for drinks, and I bust out the 2014 William Heritage Estate Reserve Chardonnay. It was gorgeous,...

Last week was Father’s Day, and all my dad wanted was steak. “Dad, I can do something on the smoker if you wa—…” Nope. Steak. Ask a silly...

I’m a little embarrassed I didn’t already know this. I’ve railed against unoaked chardonnay before: why would you bother, there are other...

It’s been a wild couple of weeks here at Wiz Manor. I had to get my cat Fido in to the vet, and it turns out he has serious heart...

After months of stress, hours of hashing out agreements via attorneys, and days of packing, I still can’t quite believe it but… I moved....

This is the last WineWiz! …That I will write in this house. (Ha ha, suckers. Yeah, I move in four days and this is all the level of...

Well, it’s spring! And there was a freeze warning for the night of April 22. Of course. Speaking of things that should be heralding...

Oh no! Disaster! And for once I’m not talking about house stuff. (At the moment. That could change. I haven’t checked my email or text...

One of the nerdiest holidays of the year occurs this Sunday, 3/14, known as Pi Day. It's also the anniversary of Albert Einstein's birth,...

Hey, how are you, insomnia? ‘Twas the night before I had to write a wine column, and I’m still up. I have this fun thing nowadays where...

Saturday night is Open That Bottle Night, a holiday conceived by authors Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher. (And did you know Mr....

You know how I swore in this very space just a couple of weeks ago not to make any big wine purchases till this house situation was...

Taking another break from drinking this week, so I went back to wine-related media. This week I watched Somm (2012), a documentary about...

Oh, Chrissy Teigen. The Internet is mad at her again. She posted a question on her Twitter on Wednesday, "What's the most expensive thing...

I may have mentioned before: I'm moving. At some point. I don't know exactly when yet, and right now there's no particular where in the...

I don't know, there's just something about this week that makes me want to change things up a little bit. Something...new?...

Monday, December 7 was my birthday. (Cue the "date that will live in infamy" jokes, I've heard 'em all!) I didn't plan a big blowout bash...

Hope you in the U.S. had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. I listened to Dr. Fauci and didn't go to anyone else's house. Luckily I have mad...

Numerous conversations with friends and coworkers show that a significant number of USAians' Thanksgiving Day plans can be summed up...

I saw my first Christmas commercials on TV the other day. OK, it was the Hershey Kisses We Wish You a Merry Christmas bell-ringing ad...