How do You Make a Bellini? I'll cover what a Bellini is, who Bellini was, the creator, and three different recipes. The Virgin (No Alcohol) Bellini will be covered too.

Recently I drove from Colorado Springs CO to St Louis MO down I-70 and back. About 60 miles east of St Louis, I went by a sign, "Hermann Wine Trail". Note to self. Stop there on the way home. After this weekend, I am going to need a drink.

I got an e-mail asking what are good vintages after 2004. The e-mail author said their favorite year was 2004 and what did I think about vintages after that? Thinking about vintage wine from fine old kegs, reminded me of a song. And 2005, which was a very good year.

How do you find value wines? How do you know if you will like them? Do you have to spend $20+ to get a good wine or can you get a wine that you will like for under $15? All good questions. Read on to find the answers.

If there is one thing I have learned about wines, it is that you can’t tell a wine by its label. Some labels are written by marketing people, others by poets, some by wine makers and lastly the rest are not written by any one at all – they are blank and void of description.

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