Wine Blog

George Washington Wine Cooler Fetches $782,500 at Auction
It was one of four wine coolers Washington ordered in 1789, the year he was sworn into office and moved into his first official residence, on Cherry Street in Manhattan. President’s Gift In 1797, as Washington left office and moved to Mount

Wine by Design (Interior Angles)
There is a revolution currently underway in the world of wine. Established and new vintners are discovering the dual marketing advantage of coupling exquisite, name-brand designer architecture with the winery tour.  Internationally renowned architects, such as Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, and Santiago Calatrava, have all designed wineries that focus on the experience of wine production for the visitor while providing brand recognition in the form of architecture. 

Celebrating the new alignment that the wine industry is making with design, Wine by Design highlights the most exciting new designs for wineries and spaces of wine from throughout the world including Australia, Chile, USA, Canada and the established vineyards of Europe.

It also emphasises the way design is making headway into wine retail and wine bars, as well as the trend for conspicuously displayed spaces for the storage and consumption of wine.

Customer Review: A great pairing of Wine & Architecture
I bought this as a Christmas gift for one of my many wine loving friends and just had to get one for myself. It tackles a unique subject – winery architecture – and gives you a good but not too in depth description of the wine making region, the wine facilities, and the wines themselves. It is full of great colour photography, site plans, and a broad selection of wineries around the world. The architecture featured is modern and not what you expect of typical wineries…the Gehry sketches alone are worth the price of the book! Want to impress your friends? Leave this book out on your coffee table. Better yet, pull this book out and enjoy while you sip on a Rioja red.

There are fine wines from the Biltmore in N.C. – Monroe News Star

There are fine wines from the Biltmore in N.C. Monroe News Star All of the grapes for this wine were grown in Sonoma County, Calif. This wine was created in stainless steel to give it a clean and crisp feeling. A little of the wine was treated with a secondary fermentation to bring the crisp acids to levels that … and more »

Wine Tour of the Finger Lakes: Where to Stop, What to Taste, and What to Buy in New York State’s Premier Wine Region

Customer Review: referred to it in between each winery stop on a 5 day vacation
this was a fantastic trip – the first time we toured an area specifically for wine tasting, and became comfortable stopping into wineries and interacting with those from the industry – the recommendations were fantastic and we lent this book to another couple who were also grateful for it’s recommendations

Customer Review: Ready for wine tour of the Finger Lakes
As I prepare and pack in order to move to the Finger Lakes region of NY state, I enjoyed reading Wine Tour, which further reinforces my love of the area. I have visited a few wineries and look forward to my permanent residence and a greater dedication of exploring the wine industry there. The book is well organized, informative and has many beautiful photographs of the region and its wineries. It is must read before wine touring.

The Art of Making Wine
Customer Review: The art of making wine / Stanley F. Anderson
Very helpful book for those who are just getting started in the making of wine and a valuable tool for those who have been making wine for a while. Covers all of he basics and gives good advice for those moments when you are scratching your head saying “now what do I do?” or “how did that happen?”

Customer Review: did the Australians learn how from this book?
This book is not about wine making; it is about make fruit-flavored fermented drinks. Fruit not sweet enough? No problem, add sugar. Fruit not acidic enough? No problem, add tartaric acid. Wrong yeast on the skins? No problem, we will kill that yeast anyway (and use the perfect yeast we get from the homebrew store). Make perfect wine everytime; hey, Macdonalds can do it with hamburgers. And that’s what this book promises: learn the “secrets” of commercial wine producers. Altogether very dispiriting. This is the kind of thinking that is ruining the wine industry today (except that 2 percent or so doing sort-of organic wine).