As a part of our ongoing effort to find the best wine at the best price, I recently purchased a CostCo membership to check out their wine prices. This weekend, I stopped by and, I must say, these are amazing stores.
If you are not familiar with CostCo, they are kind of like a high-end […]

I recently made a trip to San Francisco, and I had the good fortune to eat out at several fine dining establishments. When the wine list appeared at the first restaurant, I noticed that the wine prices were much less than I would pay in Austin, TX. At first, I thought it was […]

About a month ago, I posted a bit of a rant about Masi wine prices. You see, they had increased their prices by about 25% across the board for vintages that were already on the shelf.
It sure struck me the wrong way. I thought it was insulting to their current customers, and they put […]

We just wanted to let you know that our writeup of the Austin Wine Festival is online over at the Wine in Austin blog.

I have been preparing myself for import wine sticker shock. Like every other American, I have watched as the dollar has dropped and dropped. I have read how food prices surged more than 20% last year. So I knew eventually it would happen to my favorite wines – and it has.
(Update on […]

According to MSNBC.com, Texas is an emerging wine destination, and I intend to see what that tastes like at the 2nd annual Austin Wine Festival. The Festival will be held Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 24th through Monday May 26th at the Domain in North Austin. The Austin Wine Festival sounds like a great chance […]