WINE OF THE WEEK

MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all!

However and wherever your meals are coming together for this very special time, you’ll want them to include special wines.

Harker House Wine & Spirits in Clinton Corners, NY, is a serious go-to for recommendations. Hal Newell has owned the store since July of 2016, and he has a very loyal following as he carries some real gems from around the world. […]

Christmas is next week!!! Must buy wine!!

For this week’s selections I called a local purveyor in Sharon, CT – Rick’s Wine & Spirits on Gay Street.

There’s a new owner there now – David – who had these mouth-watering suggestions. For bubbly (because it’s always appropriate), he said he recommends the 2015 Gusbourne Brut Reserve.

Get this – it’s from England!

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December is such a perfect wine-drinking month.

Every day feels like a celebration of sorts, so why not?

Even though we aren’t gathering in ways of days gone by, we can still make toasts over zoom…or to our newfound friends on streaming shows. A trip to the wine store is practically a vacation these days, too, as the promise and allure of what’s in the bottles based […]

Here we are just past Thanksgiving with Christmas a few weeks out.

Sure, there are gifts to think about, and wine is always a good one, but at this time of year, it’s about stocking up for yourself, too, so you know that when you get home from work and it’s as dark as 10 pm at 5:30 pm, a nice glass of wine can be […]