Featured Blog: The Illustrated Wine

I wanted to take a moment to introduce to you a very fun and very unique wine blog out there that is markedly different from everything else you see out there in the blogosphere.  The Illustrated Wine is a graphic…

Happy New Year 2014 from The Academic Wino

Always popular California wines.   Disclaimer: While this post has a sponsor, all facts and opinions expressed are those of the research article I am presenting as well as my own, none of which have been influenced in any way,…

Who’s Your Daddy?: Gaglioppo di Cirò

The “Who’s Your Daddy” series takes a very brief look at the parentage of grapes, in order to get a better understanding of where particular varietals come from and how they are genetically related to one another.  So far, we’ve…