winemusingswithbetty

What Is Your Favorite Hot-Weather Wine?

In the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s been over 90 degrees for the past few days. Hot. Hot. Hot. So...

Exploring Various Forms of Wine Humor

When you do a Google search for wine humor, you get hundreds, perhaps thousands, of listings. Truth be told, when...

Figuring Out the Age of the Wine with a Blind Tasting

Most people love blind tastings. It’s a ton of fun to explore the smells and tastes of unknown wines to...

Have You Tried Wine in Tubes?

Did you know that you can reduce the carbon footprint of wine by a factor of five if you pack...

Exploring Ruby Cabernet

For a number of years, I’ve seen Ruby Cabernet as one of the grapes in some of WineShop At Home’s...

Ready for a Fun Wine Mystery Novel?

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to be approached by an agent for novel writer Steven Laine. She...

Are You Ready for a Backyard Wine Tasting?

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve had great weather for the last 10 days. Sixty-five to 70 degrees, with...

Are You Ready for Spring Wine? I Hope So!

As warmer days start to overtake crisp days, it’s time to think about replacing your big, bold, comforting winter wine...

The Important Role of Manischewitz Wine on Passover

Happy Passover! And happy celebration of Manischewitz wine! This is the Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jews being freed from...

Why Do We Love Wine So Much?

A friend of mine shared this wonderful meme, and it led me to wonder why we love wine so much....