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