It’s been just a little over a week since we attended the 5th Annual Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, Oregon, and I have not had chance to post a BIG THANK YOU to all of the fabulous sponsors of this terrific conference.  Specifically, I would like to thank our main host, Zephyr Adventures.  Allan Wright […]

In 2008, at the first North American Wine Blogger’s Conference, Alice Feiring gave a of the keynote.  She closed her talk with the advice to “drink more Gamay.  I am not sure that she is only reason that we have been drinking Gamay, but I know that we have […]

We tried 3 different wines this past week of interesting finds that we could recommend to just about anyone.  Of course, these were in addition to our usual standbys that we share with our friends.
First, we had a white Chateaneuf from Alain Jaume, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Terron 2009.  The wine […]

We had an interesting and unusual wining and dining experience last night.  We were visiting our wonderful friend and webmaster, Michael Waring, and had reservations at Zahav, a really hot Israeli restaurant on Society Hill in the Old Center City of Philadelphia.  A super friendly chap was the sommelier […]

The WineEnablers are very busy lately.  More content coming soon.  Promise.

A friend of mine sent me a link to a nice graphic of per capita RED wine consumption in the world in 2006. I thought it was fun, so I’m just sharing.

If I open a corked bottle of wine, I’m usually pretty pissed off about it. Though I’ve started saving all my receipts and taking back corked bottles, the culprit is usually some bottle that I’m excited about trying. It happened on my birthday, it happened with a nice Gamay meant to pair with […]

Now is the time that I am supposed to write a post about pairing chocolate and wine or what champagne goes with flavored massage oil, but I just don’t feel like it. Valentine’s Day is designed to get you to feel bad unless you spend lots of money on your significant other.
My wife and […]

Recently at the first annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference, we had the privilege of meeting Alan Kropf of Mutineer Magazine. Mutineer is a nascent publication based out of LA, and it’s a “magazine and website devoted to beverage writing and ideas” that is aimed at a younger generation of wine drinkers.
The third issue […]

Wine Spectator’s list of top 100 wines for 2008 is out, and there are a few surprises. Perhaps the most stunning fact is that you have to look all the way down the list to number 10 before you find an American wine. Seghesio’s Sonoma county Zinfandel placed 10th with a Wine Spectator […]