Grant Burge Barrel Tasting Preface On a night late in July, my wife and I tried a bottle of 2003 Grant Burge Holy Trinity from Barossa Valley at a top French restaurant, Delicias, in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The taste was exquisite and made an amazing night incredibly...

  Got Tannins is happy to present our readers an interview with Ryan Sproule, the founder of Black Box Wines. Ryan founded the company in 2002; one of his intentions being to reverse the reputation of premium wines always having to be in glass bottles.   Boxed wines are experiencing a...

We met Natalie while searching for food and wine matching for our own wine group.  Her award-winning web site, articles, free e-newsletter and wine-and-food matcher are impressive so we had to get her thoughts for our readers!     What was the first memory you...

Tom Gable has been writing about and tasting wine for more than 30 years.  As an expert in wine, Tom believes that "wine needs company - good food and great people" and because his mantra matched ours, we thought bringing his expert opinion to our readers was a great idea. ...

Gary Vaynerchuk has revolutionized the world of wine reviews and along with it, personal brand building. As his bio notes, Gary is a "social media sommelier."  His descriptions of the wines he tastes on his video website, Wine Library TV match well with the Got Tannins mantra of "taking the...

Ernie Els is best known as one of the premier golfers of the 21st century (ranked #3 as of April 2008). What not everyone knows about the Big Easy is that in addition to time spent as a professional golfer and with his family in South Africa (he has a wife, Liezl, a daughter Samantha, and a...

  Bill Daley is the food and wine critic with the Chicago Tribune. His recent articles may be found here.   What was the first memory you have of wine?   My parents never drank wine so my first memory was wondering what those bottles were by the cash register at the...

Lisa is the co-proprietor, general manager, and wine director of the Cin-Cin Wine Bar, which focuses on sustainability. www.cincinwinebar.com   What was the first memory you have of wine? My Dad was taking wine appreciation courses when I was a pre-teen. He became a huge fan of Cabernet...

Eric is the author of First Big Crush - The Down and Dirty of Making  Great Wine Down Under. His website is www.crusheric.com. What was the first memory you have of wine? My family lived in Naperville, IL until I was about 12. Most of the neighbors all had kids the same age, so in the...