Author: Stephen Meuse

The California Wine Experience is a trademark of the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation and so presumably not available to an author as a book title. Rather a shame that, because the … <span class="entry-title-primary">Napa Confidential</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Book review</span>Read more

“Fine wine wine on a small scale” is how Kip Kumler (left) owner/winemaker at Turtle Creek Winery in Lincoln, Massachusetts describes his operation. The 900 cases produced there certainly fit the … Local man attacked by <em>terroiristes</em>Read more

A series of conversations issuing from our post last week on whether oxidation should be routinely classified as a wine fault resulted in an invitation from Kenmore Square’s Island Creek Oyster … Island Creek Oyster Bar’s Rusty WhitesRead more

Yes, it could be one of those double-take inducing headlines from the Onion, but then it wouldn’t be true and Jane Anson says it is. Anson is a Bordeaux-based wine and … Robert M. Parker, Jr. to be replaced by clueless Chinese billionaireRead more

Mary Orlin (aka The Wine Fashionista), had a little tutorial on the Huffington Post yesterday entitled “The six aromas you don’t want to smell in your wine.”. According to the author, … Well, we smelled it . . . and we liked itRead more

We may never know what what fraudmaster Bernie Madoff was thinking as he systematically fleeced  his investors of millions,  but thanks to the asset recovery project run by court-appointed trustee Irving … What was Bernie thinking?Read more

Two New York Times stories put the spotlight on so-called “functional foods” this weekend. One (Dessert, Laid-Back and Legal) reported on processed snacks containing melatonin; another (Foods with Benefits, or So … Functional food / functional wineRead more

Driving the back roads of Maine’s mid coast last week brought us to Harpswell, population 5300, one of Casco Bay’s sweet spots. We saw charming white churches and quite a few … World class wine where you might least expect itRead more

Over at The Atlantic, Brandeis historian Yoni Applebaum is speculating on why sweet wines are favored for Passover. He tells an intriguing story involving homemade (or at least locally-produced) raisin wine … Why sweet wine at Passover?Read more