To wine novices' delight, the For Dummies franchise has leaped from bumble-bee colored instructional series to real-life on-the-table wine, with their new imbibable series: Wines For Dummies. A rare ...

Adecade ago,wine educators Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Ed McCarthy authored “Wine for Dummies,” and if sales are any hint, consumers do indeed feel like dummies when it comes to wine. Now in its third ...

I consulted wine wonder woman Julia Battaglini of Secco Wine Bar (2933 W. Cary St., (804) 353-0670) and River City Cellars and asked her to give me some frank answers on the questions I hear most ...

Whether reading Wine for Dummies or surfing tasting-wine.com, I still can’t distinguish mahogany from purple or master the swish and smell. Does it have to be this hard? Can’t I just take a swig and ...

FLORENCE — Dennis Fraley is a registered nurse anesthetist in Florence, but dinner with a doctor piqued his curiosity about wine and wine culture. A little bit after that dinner, he picked up the book ...

Despite many years in public radio, and even more in the wine business, I have managed to get myself in hot water over the pronunciation of a wine-related word. For the record, I am well aware that ...