By Brett Ashley McKenzie
Earlier this week, I returned home from my Hawaiian honeymoon (more on the amazing food and wine we enjoyed later) to find the June 30th issue of Wine Spectator crammed into my mailbox. Immediately following a depressing story on how the Vegas restaurant industry is suffering in the wake of the global [...]

In Thursday night’s “Clash of the Titans: Champagne vs. the World,” Just Grapes customers were put to the test in a blind tasting of seven sparkling wines, including one true champagne.  Asked to rank the seven bubblys from one to seven (seven being the highest quality sparkling and one being the lowest), the tasters chose [...]

By Brett Ashley McKenzie
Everyone knows someone who refuses to drink any sparkling wine other than authentic Champagne. They wrinkle their nose at the suggestion of Prosecco, raise an eyebrow at the mention of Cava, and wouldn’t be caught dead with a sparkling Californian Chard in their Mimosa.
You’ve always wondered, “If I slid him or her [...]

Have you picked out your bottle yet?

Whether your budget is for one magnificent bottle of 2002 Louis Roederer Cristal or 2000 Moet Chandon Dom Perignon , or a case of a house sparkler like Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley CA or a NV Jean Vesselle Brut Reserve!
We here at Just Grapes [...]

Champagne Seminar with Ron Balter 

Date: Monday, December 15th 
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cost: $40 per person
Champagne, the most sublime of wines and most certainly the most difficult to make. This seminar will focus on the method used to make Champagne, a review of the many villages, discussion on styles, grapes used in production and producers of note.
Champagnes we [...]

Wine is so much more than a drink. Much as we enjoy it every day, it’s even more a part of our special occasions. Few toasts are made with diet soda. Wine, in all its forms, carries associations of time, of place, of significant people and events.
Melissa Graham has a lifetime of memories encapsulated in [...]