Spring: It’s Time for Cocktails and Wine
By Bob Lipinski After enduring a long, cold winter filled with snow, ice, and short, gloomy days spent indoors trying to stay warm, everyone tends to get spring fever. I’ve grown tired of heavy winter vegetables, missed feeling the sun on my face outside, and have...
Rebellious Wine & Food Pairings
By Bob Lipinski Rebellious wine and food pairings reject traditional rules like “red with meat, white with fish” and encourages experimenting with unusual combinations. These pairings defy expectations and yield creative results, challenging traditional “so-called”...
Chaptalization: 225 Years Old and Still Being Used
By Bob Lipinski Chaptalization is a strictly regulated winemaking technique, originating in France, where sugar is added to the unfermented grape juice (must) to increase the final alcohol content, rather than to make the wine sweet. In certain cool-climate...
Don’t Judge A Wine By Its Screw Cap
Screw Caps: Not a New Idea While screw capped wines might appear to be a modern trend, they were actually introduced in the United States by the E.&J. Gallo Winery during the 1950s and 1960s. Anyone remember Thunderbird beginning in 1957, followed by Ripple,...
Champagne… Tips, Ideas & Suggestions
By Bob Lipinski Sparkling wines are produced in all wine-producing countries, a figure that now exceeds 120 nations worldwide. These wines are frequently served on special occasions and holidays, though their enjoyment need not be limited to such events. Due to their...ABOUT BOB
Bob Lipinski, author of 10 books; writes, consults, and conducts training seminars on Wine, Spirits, and Food and is available for speaking engagements.
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