Our first post from guest blogger Bryan on the road in Chile. He visits Viña Casa Silva, where he rediscovers rosé, visits grape jail, and contemplates hotwiring a few vintage cars.

Forget the margarita and abandon the Dos Equis–here are some great wines to pair with everything from ceviche to carne asada.

Happy anniversary to me and Paul! We celebrated with a fantastic dinner at Blue Hill Stone Barns, where we ate and drank well — and did a little inter-species mingling.

Here’s my promised Chilean tasting note, in video form. A great value wine — $10! — that’s like spring in a glass.

We’re living in the golden age of wine — never has so much good wine, from so many regions, been accessible to so many of us — but we do pay a price for that choice.

Wedding planning season seems to be in full swing — I’ve had no fewer than 5 friends announce their engagements recently. I’ve also had a few of these lovely ladies hit me up for wedding wine advice, and I thought I’d share my thoughts for them with all of you.

My thoughts on some mid-priced Bordeaux…and a really bad marketing campaign.

Sugar is by far the most misunderstood component of wine. There’s a common belief that sweet wine is bad wine, but the truth is, sweetness in wine isn’t always a bad thing, and sometimes can be a very, very nice thing indeed.

So I heard back from the fine folks at J. Emerson, and here’s what we’re going to be tasting (these are their comments, not mine):

Do Ferreiro Albarino 2006 (Rias Baixas, Spain): Hands down, one of …