Many Winners in Syrah and Shiraz Blind Tasting
Ken The KensWineGuide.com Tasting Panel recently tasted 19 Syrah and Shiraz wines. The tasting was blind and we had 11 panelists including Kara Kukall, Beverage Manager from Legal Sea Foods. In…
My Favorite Wine Related Christmas Gift
I don't know about you but I try a lot of wine and dirty a lot of wine glasses. As a result, my biggest frustration is that I can never…
A Romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner Includes Great Wine
Valentine’s Day is a time for lovers to share a romantic dinner together with delicious food and wine. The exact history of Valentine’s Day and its patron saint is a…
Zinfandel Blind Tasting Results From KensWineGuide.com
Zinfandel is known to many as America’s red wine grape. Many Americans will celebrate this heralded grape at the ZAP Wine Festival in San Francisco at the end of this…
Clear Out the Wine Cellar and Start the New Year Right
What is your New Year’s resolution? Mine is to keep my wine cellar current and not wait too long to pull my cellar wines. One of the biggest myths I…
Sparkling Wine and Champagne Recommendations for the New Year
In November the Ken’s Wine Guide Tasting Panel tried 16 sparkling wines and Champagne. We wanted to make some recommendations for New Year’s Eve and other festive holiday celebrations. Of…
New Travel Bag Takes the Hassles Out of Wine Travel
Wine enthusiasts are always looking for interesting wines to share with family and friends, but getting those bottles from point A to point B has become increasingly difficult given today’s…
Very Good White Wine Recommendations
In October we conducted two tastings of several different white wine varietals. We focused on the less common white varietals. We wanted to cover a lot of different varieties over…
Our Favorite Wine Ice Cream and Sorbet
Wine-flavored ice creams and sorbets are a hot new trend in gourmet desserts. These ice creams and sorbets are delicious treats for adults. We tried many. Our favorites are listed…
Things to Consider When Building a Wine Cellar; Refrigeration Systems
Written by Evan L. Goldenberg, Architect, AIA Design Build Consultants Inc. Building a Wine Cellar? In this article (Part 2) we will discuss the various methods of refrigeration, if any,…