Due to the spate of spam recently and my (anyway) inactivity on LJ, new members to the wine community will be moderated and have to be approved.

I probably won't be doing this much, though - that'll be up to psycat90

(In an effort to wake this community from its slumbers ....)

I have to say that there is nothing like several hours worth of very fiddly editing work to make me say, "Is it wine yet?"

(And but for the fact that I am OMG! beyond deadline on a piece I need to finish writing, it would be.)

So, chime in with a few of your "Is it wine yet?" moments.

Even though I live in Napa Valley and occasionally do the nice wines around here (just about all of them at the wineries are $30+), we've been on a kick lately of trying out $10-and-under wines from the local grocery store and Cost Plus ( Read more... )

Salut tout le monde! So, I have a few bottles of French wine I'd like some info on in terms of taste and pairing with edible accompaniments, anyone care to help? I brought them over as gifts for my family and friends, but haven't had much time to look into them, and some were left for me as gifts by some of my students who I'm sure are more wine- ( Read more... )

I just got my first iPhone, and I'd love to download some wine apps, but I'm a little overwhelmed by the number available, even looking at online recommendations. Features I'm interested in ( Read more... )

I've never joined a wine club before. I want wine sent to my home monthly. What are the best clubs, cost wise and wine quality?

:) Thanks in advance

A while back I made a post comparing two Trader Joe's "VINTJS" line of pinot noir -- one from Willamette (usually a source of great pinot, but I did not lot like the TJs offering, despite being made by a well-respected source) and one from Santa Lucia (which seems to be an "up and comer" in the pinot world, and so far I haven't met a Santa Lucia ( Read more... )

I have always been a white wine drinker.  I lean mostly to the Riesling side of life.  But, I really want to venture into Red territory ( Read more... )

I have to admit that I have shied away from boxed wine in the past - to me it just said "cheap wine", but now I am a converted boxed wine drinker.

Last weekend was a girl's weekend - and of course it goes without saying - much wine was going to be consumed.

I was browsing the local Liquor Barn looking for something different - as we like to try new ( Read more... )

I love to shop at them.

When I was in Indiana back in May I did some Googling to see what I could find within reasonable driving distance of where my daughter lives, and came up with a list of three places that would fill an afternoon's driving.

One of them was Shady Creek, in Michigan City IN. Their sales building is obviously quite new, and the ( Read more... )