De Long’s Wine Info has started a rather interesting club called the Wine Century Club. Admittance to the club is rather simple — all you have to do is fill out a form attesting to the fact that you have tasted 100 different wine grapes.
I have been tasting and drinking wine for almost 30 […]

It is always interesting when folks make assumptions about fields of which they have little or no knowledge and then make broadly dismissive claims about their assumptive knowledge.
This often happens when people apply statistics to “prove” their argument. A great example is a recent post on Vinography.

But, hey, we’re a website about wine on the internets, aren’t we?
I’m sure most everyone noticed how Google switched their favicon from to ? A subtle change… only 16 by 16 pixels.
Google says the new icon was created to “scale better to some new platforms like the iPhone and other mobile devices”. […]

It seems like a dark little secret in the wine trade. No one ever talks about it. Instead we talk around it. We blame the closure. We blame poor handling, excess temperature, or bacterial contamination.
I know that many of these things can ruin or at least adversely affect the taste of a bottle of wine, […]

Today, we realized a new goal here at WineEnabler.com — to eventually have our names asterisked out at eBob.

While Neil is off writing thoughtful posts about wine bars in Austin, TX or wine reviews, I’ve been goofing around. What’s worse is I’ve been goofing around making graphs about wine — quite the geeky thing to do, I know.
I was reading some wine blogs today, and I came across this post at Pinotblogger.com […]

I must confess, I have been a drinker of California wines, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon, for almost 30 years. That is to say, I have been with California wines through good times and bad. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Napa Valley wine makers would drag you into their wineries to taste their […]

At our house, wine means it is time for dinner. Since we almost always have wine with our evening meal, we tend to buy and drink wine that pairs well with food. For many dishes, that requires a wine that does not overpower you or your food with oak or alcohol. Also, food benefits from […]