Everything I Needed To Know About Wine I Learned From Larry Bird By Jonathon Alsop, Boston Wine School Founder & Exec. Dir. The secret to great wine is the opposite […]
Ten Things Wine Pros Never Do That You Do All The Time
Our wine lives are full of rules, some expressed and some implied, that in theory are supposed to make things better and easier, rules that should keep us drinking the […]
Wine Word Of The Month: “Lean”
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — It’s hard to speak the language of wine because it’s a language invented by drunk people, but wine lovers blame themselves for the convoluted vocabulary. […]
Southern Star Malbec: New world fruit, old world style
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — Inventive holidays like International Malbec Day give us the chance to look deep into the many Malbec based wines we teach with in wine class. […]
Pinot To The People
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — California makes more Pinot Noir than it grows, not by importing out-of-state wine, but by blending in other grapes. Technically, US wine only has […]
Zinfandel Dreams
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — Our “Signature Grapes” tasting class really gets fundamental by tasting the connection between certain wines and the places around the world they’ve made famous […]
Blending For Power Wine
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — This is one of those wines that really sets your expectations before you even get into the bottle. First of all, the richly artistic […]
Magical Merlot: Off the beaten path in Castillon
By Jonathon Alsop BOSTON, MA — This Wine Club Selection comes right out of our Burgers And Bordeaux class. Our curriculum always focuses on the delicious, and this Merlot-heavy blend […]