We’re making Thanksgiving easy, fun, and affordable with THREE NEW SOMM KITS for Thanksgiving enjoyment. All are 3 packs, all are different, and all come with videos, notes, links, and more. And to make it even easier and better, they are all available in a GRAB AND GO format at North Loop Wine and Spirits….
SOLO VINO 20th ANNIVERSARY SOMM KITS! Thank you for jumping on these exceptional collections of wine! Click on the links below to access the content and learn about the wines! Somm Kit: OLD WORLD Somm Kit: NEW WORLD
“What’s your favorite wine?” It’s a common question I get, especially for some reason during haircuts. It’s an icebreaker I guess, at least for the person asking the question. Answering it … well that’s a different story. For years I’d quickly race through my mental file cabinet, only to pull out some obscure gem I…
On the marketing side of the wine/beer/spirits world, everybody is tripping over themselves to understand the Millennial generation. This wave of population is quickly becoming a force in terms of sales and category growth, and they are driving the bus when it comes to craft beer success (one study found that over 60% of Millennial beer drinkers have…
You have permission from the wine gods, whoever they are, to enjoy your wine life more than you are now. Here’s the list. Cue up Rocky Balboa’s theme and read on. You have permission to not like the wine that everybody else likes. Wine isn’t a popularity contest. It’s not about following the crowd and being part…
A question that comes up regularly during the Ultimate Intro to Wine classes is that of ‘corked’ bottles of wine: what’s it all about, how do you identify a corked bottle, and most importantly: what do you do if you experience one (at a restaurant or at home)? These are important questions, for the ordering and…
As those of you who have been in my wine classes know, I insist that wine does not live in a vacuum. What I mean by that is that wine is shaped and formed in the context of the moment we are in, and the context of a summertime afternoon with friends and colleagues is…
It used to be so easy. White wine with fish, red wine with meat. Yes, I’ll have a glass of Merlot and she’ll have a glass of Chardonnay. Oh, a bottle? I’ll have that tried and true name from Napa Valley that my parents enjoyed as well. Today’s wine reality turns this on its head,…
