I don’t know anything about wine,” said the woman next to me as she looked deeply into a small glass of Tawny Port at a ...

I consulted wine wonder woman Julia Battaglini of Secco Wine Bar (2933 W. Cary St., (804) 353-0670) and River City Cellars and asked her to give me some frank answers on the questions I hear most ...

Adecade ago,wine educators Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Ed McCarthy authored “Wine for Dummies,” and if sales are any hint, consumers do indeed feel like dummies when it comes to wine. Now in its third ...

Despite many years in public radio, and even more in the wine business, I have managed to get myself in hot water over the pronunciation of a wine-related word. For the record, I am well aware that ...

Whether reading Wine for Dummies or surfing tasting-wine.com, I still can’t distinguish mahogany from purple or master the swish and smell. Does it have to be this hard? Can’t I just take a swig and ...