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Bart here. It was a late afternoon on Sunday in late June, our 40th wedding anniversary!  We had plans to go out to dinner that evening...

Bart here. Arneis, previously referred to as white Nebbiolo, was almost lost to history.  It was largely a blending grape, almost more...

Chardonnay is one of the most popular grapes in the world, so it’s only right that we take a day to celebrate it. That day is the...

Katie here. I have to confess, I do not like summer weather. I do not like the heat. So when it's in the 80s already in the beginning of...

Winner Winner Bart here. I love getting out to our deck after a long day at the office. I started the grill as Mel started the chiminea....

We love holidays. We love wine holidays, too. Today, March 13, is International Riesling Day! We’ll celebrate anything, so we got...

One of the things we love doing is helping people with finding and enjoying great wine. Lately, we’ve been testing out some Spanish wines...

Bart here. Katie and I and our spouses were asked to meet at Newport Grill for an engagement celebration. Ben Shultz, until recently...

Katie here. If you've read many of our posts, you probably already know that I really dislike the heat of the summer. Now that school has...

We’re back from vacation and back at it this week, tasting our way through restaurant by-the-glass lists. The temperature was so lovely...

Katie here. The classic Kansas hot July temperatures are back again, and as a result, I have discovered a real love for cool white wine....

Thankfully, the temperatures have been better lately! We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and enjoyed the gorgeous weather....

Bart here. We were invited to a fantastic private getaway to a friend’s cottage in Marion: a little piece of heaven on the edge of town....

Katie reporting. I had this wine the first time when I was doing my cooling cup experiment, and I thought then that I should really put a...

I love celebrating holidays, so I was delighted to find out that the Thursday before the last Monday in May is World Chardonnay Day. Of...

Are you looking for a go-to, affordable, universally pleasing (at least in the focus group of our family) white wine to have on hand this...

Spring in Kansas is always too short, but beautiful nonetheless.  Cool, pleasant evenings seem to call out for a white wine. Jamie...

So you're having some friends over, and you'd really like to have some wine with them. Of course you would! But then, you recall that...

Katie would have told you in the past that she doesn't prefer white wine, but after going on this years-long wine journey, that has...