Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the US geographically, but the state’s direct wine shipping law presents BIG problems for wine lovers. For a state founded on religious and political freedom, We’re baffled (well, not really because we know why it is the way it is). The state prevents wine lovers from shipping [...] Read More

With the exciting new release of the 2011 Calamity Sue, Riesling, Monterey County, California (CAL932) $17.99 now showing at tasting events everywhere, we thought it would be a good time to distinguish between the many different styles of Riesling. As varietals go, Riesling is probably one of the most misunderstood. This is perhaps because Rieslings [...] Read More

Indiana may be a winning team going into the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament that begins on March 19, 2013, but the madness that dominates Indiana alcohol regulations is certainly not entertaining for the wine lover. Back in 2006, Indiana Governor Daniels signed into law, the following legislation about shipping wine direct to consumers: The [...] Read More

This blog is part of a continuing series examining the puzzling state regulations governing direct wine shipments. The 21st Amendment did away with Prohibition, but not with the many restrictions on the distribution and sale of alcohol. That simply moved to the states which constructed an often bewildering variety of laws banning or restricting shipments [...] Read More

This blog is part of a continuing series examining the puzzling state regulations governing direct wine shipments. The 21st Amendment did away with Prohibition, but not with the many restrictions on the distribution and sale of alcohol. That simply moved to the states which constructed an often bewildering variety of laws banning or restricting wine [...] Read More

We’ve all heard those snooty wine lovers who make declarations like, “1998 was a very good year for Bordeaux.” How do they know? Have they tasted all of them? Learn why it is that some years are better than others when it comes to wine. We thought it appropriate, at the kick-off of a new [...] Read More

We joke at the Traveling Vineyard that wine is a product that sells itself – even in difficult economic times. All kidding aside, recent research conducted by Nielsen (you know, the television ratings people) reveals that growth in direct to consumer wine sales is dynamic and likely to continue. Nielsen’s research also confirms that the Traveling Vineyard [...] Read More

Most of us have spotted an enormous pile of empty wine bottles in the recycle bin on the eve of trash day and thought, Hmmmm. “Now that’s the sign of a good party.” We all know what happens to the glass portion of the bottle. But what’s done with the cork stoppers is another story [...] Read More