Food & Wine

  This is something I’d ask a customer that came in looking for a brand name that you probably could get at any big retailer. Now of course, this was a lighthearted way to get their undivided attention. Then I...

  Thanksgiving is just around the corner, followed by the trifecta of winter holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. With the addition of Kwanzaa, the season of gratitude, gift-giving and feasting is upon us. Many holiday hosts are scouring...

A lot of wine drinkers are unaware of how wines can have different effects on the palate. Or is it your imagination? Nope! Atmosphere (or lack thereof) has plenty to do with what your palate can experience. Example: Drinking a...

Photo Credit: WSET Have you ever tried to describe an amazing food experience you have had to another person? How do you include the best points and descriptive words that clearly communicate the feelings and tastes you experienced? It is...

  I like to try and describe wine related subjects in parables. Example: Ever go the beach in the morning, and when you get there, it is overcast and chilly?  But since you drove all that way (especially if you...

Let’s recognize some small wineries, and here’s why…   I’m always amazed at the quality and how the smaller wineries can find the optimum block(s) or vineyard or have natural winemaking talent to make some of their wines.  Even average...

  So, you’re looking for a really good bottle of California Cabernet?  Aren’t we all? I’m sure you might have heard of Ridge Monte Bello Cab. ?? Their current vintage of that wine is 2018. Check out these great scores...

Blake Leland is our newest wine specialist and addition to Bottle Shop. Get to know him with our rapid fire wine Q&A: Can you tell us how long you have been in the wine industry and how the taste profile...

  Dive into Plume Ridge Bottle Shop’s cellars and you’ll find a number of hidden gem varietals that are beloved in their growing region and worth tasting. For whatever reason, these grape varietals and the wines made from them have...

One of the fasting growing varietal and popular in the last 10 years has great history and a wide variety of styles. Here are 5 Fast Facts for Sauvignon Blanc. Check out our Sauvignon Selection Here. The Wild Bunch. Sauvignon...

As Americans approach a wine-filled season of festivity, it might be interesting to learn how the rest of the world celebrates wine. Wine festivals date back to the Ancient Greeks’ celebration of Dionysis, the god of wine. The passage of...

It’s time to set aside the image of French Bordeaux aficionados as cartoonish wine snobs, whose own age reflects the age of the wines in their cellars, and instead to embrace the new Bordeaux! If you enjoy world class wines...