Wine & Brews

by John B. Donovan The Team Wine ladies selected the wines we tasted this month. Miranda brought the lovely Rose that had been purchased at...

Team Wine is getting better at identifying wine flavors and aromas so once again the wines were bagged so that the initial tastings were...

Team Wine met on a Sunday afternoon in April. I posed a new approach to them.  Rather than a blind tasting, I offered the...

With summer just around the corner I thought it would be nice to share wines that can be easily consumed while on the river,...

Members of Team Wine met on a Saturday afternoon and tasted two very unusual wines, both purchased at Table Wine in Madison, WI (see...

Welcome to March 2023! Beside the Ides of March (beware!), the beginning of Daylight Savings Time (please, let’s not), vernal equinox, and start of...

Team Wine had a directive for this month: select a wine you would give to your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day, and bring a dessert...

Happy New Year to you all! “Team Wine” (same folks as the Wine Crew, just a new name) met before Thanksgiving to look at...

by John B. Donovan “The wines that one best remembers are not necessarily the finest that one has ever tasted, and the highest quality may...

Since Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, I thought I’d also compose this on a Thursday – it just seemed right. The charge to the Wine...