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The Wine Bible Second Edition is Here!

The Wine Bible is the essential wine guide for any wine enthusiast. Whether you are just getting started in wine or have been studying for years, The Wine Bible is the comprehensive guide to the wine regions of the world. Well, that's how it was when written fourteen years ago by Karen MacNeil. But much has changed in the fourteen years since it was first published.

Now, fourteen years later, The Wine Bible has been updated with a Second Edition. It took MacNeil ten years to write the first edition and five years to research and write the second one and now it is available for all to read.

04 November, 2015

Understanding (and Pronouncing) the Indigenous Grapes of Greece

Greece has a 4000 year history of winemaking, but only 40 years of modern winemaking, making it a New Old World wine region. With Greek winemakers today being educated in...

13 August, 2014

Meet The Makers – From Farm to Table

As a foodie living in California, we are fortunate that most restaurants feature locally sourced products. But, sometimes we take for granted our access to these foods. In many other cities around the country, the access to local farms is not possible and farm-to-table is more of an exception than a rule. To cap off the weekend in Santa Barbara wine country for the Wine Bloggers Conference, we traveled to Bridlewood Estate Winery in the heart of Santa Ynez Valley. After a fresh picnic lunch sipping Bridlewood Chardonnay, Rose and Pinot Noir and overlooking the lake, we headed up to the barrel room to "Meet the Makers", the farmers responsible for products were were eating. These passionate farmers spend their days producing organic and sustainable products. They are small businesses who are concerned with quality over quantity. And, they want to make the products available to the community. Meet the farmers:

04 August, 2014