wines

With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's time to start planning a romantic evening. A bottle of wine is a great addition to any date, but the cost of quality adds up. WalletPop found the best ways to score deals on wine for Valentine's Day. WineTasting.com is offering $75 worth of wine for $35...

Forget candy bars or soda. In Pennsylvania, new vending machines may start dispensing wine as early as this month. It's a controversial move in a state that has long restricted the sale of bottles of wine and spirits to state-owned stores.

Prince Robert of Luxembourg is a rebel of sorts. His Domaine Clarence Dillon produces four of the best-known wines in the world, and now he is attempting to expand his business by making more affordable wine on a larger scale.

Wine enthusiasts have launched an all-out war on legislation under consideration in Washington, D.C., to limit their direct access to wineries' offerings. The goal of HR5034 is ostensibly to allow states to control whether alcohol -- including wine -- can be shipped into or out of state, and to...

Bev Mo's nickel wine sale is on! During the sale when you buy two bottles of the same exact wine, the second bottle is $.05. Some 200 bottles are part of the sale, starting at $8. Not bad, as long as you make sure the price of the first bottle is not inflated. To check prices, either bring in...

It's been mocked, praised, even called evil, and now Australian wine maker, Yellow Tail, is giving it a try. Crowdsourcing, or throwing out a task or problem usually handled by one person (typically an employee) to the public, has been bashed for exploiting workers and disrupting the...

Every once in a while, I like to clue you all in to a good deal on great wine. This is one of those times. The winery? FS Cellars, from the Paso Robles area of California. Paso Robles is one of my favorite wine-making areas in the state, so I try to make trips there every so often. On my last...

This past weekend I was a tourist in my own town and man, was it an eye opening experience. For a moment, at the Terrace Bar atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, I felt a rush being among the privileged set. Until I saw the menu and prices. Don't these people know there's a...

Life is too short to drink bad wine, but with a dismal economy most of us can't afford to drop a lot of money on Chateau Lafite. Well, I'll let you in on a little secret: You can make bargain wines taste like the more expensive sips with one simple tool -- a wine aerator. As you may know, wine...

Life is too short to drink bad wine, but in this economy it can be hard to justify spending extra money on your favorite bottles. Want to have it all? Here are a few tips. Try lots of wines. When you find one you like, write it in a notebook, along with where you bought it and how much it cost....