I must begin this email with a confession. When I first came to Vine & Table I was not what you would call the biggest tequila fan. Sure, I had taken part in the usual college dalliances. I’ve had my fair share of shots and Margaritas, but I never considered tequila a sipping spirit in […]
Mark your calendars, spirits lovers – the 11th Annual Indy Whisky & Fine Spirits Expo is set for Friday, October 18th! As usual, the event will be held at Montage at Allison Pointe. As in past years, three levels of tickets are available: VIP ($165); General Admission ($80); and Designated Driver ($50). I strongly encourage […]
Joan and Walt Flowers established Flowers winery over 30 years ago and persevered over the years dispite the rugged Sonoma coastline with its adverse weather and dense fog and steep slopes. Today the fruit of their labor and vision is Flowers Winery, with a wealth of experience cultivating great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Their approach […]
Natural wine is wine made with minimal chemical and technological intervention, both in growing grapes and making them into wine. The winemaker neither adds nor removes anything during the winemaking process, which means that all-natural wines are, at a minimum, farmed organically; many growers are biodynamic in the vineyard as well. But not all organic […]
If you’re tired of hunting for high-quality weekday wines, I’d like to introduce you to a new concept that I’m calling MTW Wines. In order to save you time and money, I’ve tasted hundreds of bottles and selected the highest quality, under-$15 wines that I could find. These wines will rotate on a regular basis, […]
Heritance has been described as the cornerstone Napa Valley brand of Taub Family Vineyards, but its history predates the Taub family’s recent acquisition of the winery. The name Heritance combines the words ‘heritage’ and ‘inheritance’- two important concepts signifying a new tradition and the continuation of an enduring legacy championed by Heritance’s founders, Bernard Portet […]
Tait Ball Buster is the #1 selling Australian wine in the U.S. for under $20 and there is good reason for that! The back label tells you the story of the evolution of the name and it is funny and most definitely worth a read- I won’t spoil it for you, but needless to say […]
You’ll have to forgive me here, I feel a bit like Martin’s dad in the fabulous Irish cartoon Martin’s Life in that I don’t know the first thing about that program on the telly called ‘Game of Throws’ that everybody is talking about. But I do know that Diageo, owners of The Classic Malt Distilleries […]