outlets. These states sometimes have lower prices than their neighbors, but sometimes prices are higher because of the lack of competition. When it comes to restaurant wine prices it should be noted that there is often a...

Where do you buy your run of the mill, every day drinking wine? Have you found great prices anywhere? I’ll get it from Costco (good White Tail prices and larger bottles), World Market, whatever grocery store I happen to be...

Can you suggest a decent priced ice wine? and a wine store in and around NYC that has a nice selection? Thanks Cheers!

Oriel: brilliant marketing, great juice.

Just got back from runnning the Mid-American Wine Competition in Iowa (open only to the wines of the MidWest.) Over 550 wines entered. Judges included famed wine judges Dick Peterson, Daryl Groom and Doug Frost. Here’s a...

more complex than the efforts of Inniskillin and Jackson-Triggs. They have won best in catagory at the international wine and spirits competitions for thier ice wines, as well. As for red wines, my best suggestion is the Mike...

for the San Diego Union-Tribune (IIRC) before he became a full-time wine writer . . . . But do not confuse being a wine writer for being a judge at a major competition (and THAT is where the medals would be awarded). Those are two...

I’ve judged various wine competitions with Mary several times — great palate, great passion, great teacher.

that would mimic the taste of provençe. I tried it last February as part of the Monterey Wine Competition. At that time it was relatively light-bodied and tight, but looking at the winemaker’s notes (linked below), perhaps...

by the California State Fair wine competition. They were the top medal winners at last year’s Temecula Wine Competition. They make both sparkling and still wines. If you want to learn by tasting some of the best-visit here....

First I think it is helpful to know where you live, it is not worth going to the other side on the city to save $2. A few wine shops that have very competitive prices are: Astor, Gotham & Garnet. Sherry L is rated the best, but...

competitive with other stores in the area (and they are consistently cheaper than such well known establishments as McArthurs and Bin604). Granted they don’t have a huge selection at the upper end, and I don’t see a...

towards opening one. Anyway, my theory of why no wine bars have really taken off in Boston has to do with a lack of competition within the distribution chain. MA has fairly restrictive liquor laws that favor the distributors, not...

changing the blue laws, but I was surprised to read that many liquor store owners are against it because part of the change would allow supermarkets to sell wine, thereby introducing competition. Also, many of them apparently...

plenty of opportunity to bring back wines and liquors at correct (i.e. competitively priced, market driven) prices. Hello Trader Joe’s! (I wish they put one in Buffalo!)