Marguerite Thomas, Author at Wine Review Online

Party Time! Hosting a “Wine With” Party

by Marguerite Thomas | June 23, 2010

Our friends love participating in the food and wine-tasting sessions that form the basis for our “Wine With” feature here...

by Marguerite Thomas | June 14, 2010

I was at a cocktail party, trapped in the corner by a man to whom I’d just been introduced. “So...

by Marguerite Thomas | April 29, 2010

As the calendar heads towards the season of weddings and graduations, it’s time to start thinking about buying bubbles for...

by Marguerite Thomas | January 6, 2010

WINERY OF THE YEAR Global warming, carbon footprints, greenhouse gases, higher concentrations of ground level ozone, hotter and longer heat...

by Marguerite Thomas | December 22, 2009

The Concise World Atlas of Wine By Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson Paperback/352 pages/200 full-color maps Mitchell/Beazley/An imprint of Octopus...

by Marguerite Thomas | December 15, 2009

California Wine for Dummies By Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan ($17, Wiley Publishing) My Wine Review Online colleagues Ed McCarthy...

by Marguerite Thomas | December 9, 2009

"Learning how to taste wine is a bit like sex … while it’s all a bit awkward at first, the...

by Marguerite Thomas | November 18, 2009

Our family Thanksgiving tradition is generally a chaotic affair that spans two days, four generations, up to 50 people, and...

by Marguerite Thomas | September 30, 2009

As the days grow shorter and we bid goodbye to summer, it’s time to–well, it’s time to start thinking about...

by Marguerite Thomas | July 22, 2009

I have never actually gone out of my way to be labeled “deranged”–but then Joel Burnstein told me that his...

by Marguerite Thomas | May 13, 2009

It’s the rare person who hasn’t at one time or another thought about quitting his or her job and embarking...

by Marguerite Thomas | February 21, 2009

My parents always had a bottle of dry vermouth sitting on the bar–right next to the gin, of course. This...