Marguerite Thomas, Author at Wine Review Online

Wine Country Travel: Catching “ZZZs” in Porgugal

by Marguerite Thomas | May 16, 2011

“Sleep – the most beautiful experience in life – except drink.” This quote, from that old rascal WC Fields, came...

by Marguerite Thomas | May 11, 2011

When it comes to long-term wine storage, the three most important things to consider are light, humidity, and temperature. Let’s...

Forget the formulaic brunch, and for god’s sake don’t just blow Mom off with a silly card and/or hurried phone...

by Marguerite Thomas | April 25, 2011

Considering its relatively small population (about 30,000), and considering how far it is from any major metropolitan center (about 4...

by Marguerite Thomas | April 17, 2011

That bottle of wine you just opened may hail from the Napa Valley (or Rioja or Chianti Classico) but it’s...

by Marguerite Thomas | March 27, 2011

In my last posting about France’s Jura district, the topic was the region’s notable white wines. Now I want to...

by Marguerite Thomas | March 2, 2011

In early March, winter’s cold breath still huffs at the windows, and the garden lies silent and bruised by frost. ...

by Marguerite Thomas | December 25, 2010

My choice for wine of the year 2010 is not a specific brand of wine, but a grape: Touriga Nacional. ...

by Marguerite Thomas | November 12, 2010

By now we’ve all heard at least a million times how difficult it is to pair wine with the traditional...

by Marguerite Thomas | October 27, 2010

We shall require a substantially new way of thinking if mankind is to survive. –Albert Einstein I’m pretty sure these...

by Marguerite Thomas | August 3, 2010

I tasted many glorious wines a couple of weeks ago at the Riesling Rendezvous, an event aptly described by my...

by Marguerite Thomas | July 17, 2010

Imagine starting the day with a bowl of oatmeal followed by a chaser of fourteen different Rieslings. That’s what I’m...