I got an e-mail asking what are good vintages after 2004. The e-mail author said their favorite year was 2004 and what did I think about vintages after that? Thinking about vintage wine from fine old kegs, reminded me of a song. And 2005, which was a very good year.

How do you find value wines? How do you know if you will like them? Do you have to spend $20+ to get a good wine or can you get a wine that you will like for under $15? All good questions. Read on to find the answers.

If there is one thing I have learned about wines, it is that you can’t tell a wine by its label. Some labels are written by marketing people, others by poets, some by wine makers and lastly the rest are not written by any one at all – they are blank and void of description.

With $5 gasoline you might be thinking of staying closer to home this summer. Naturally, you may want to visit a winery that is in your area and if you live in New England and are close to Rhode Island, here are four vineyards to choose from.

Advice – Free, One bottle of wine + Shipping + Tax - $22.45, A GREAT recommendation from a reader – Priceless!!! Check out this wine review for a GREAT 2005 Bordeaux.

A quick readership poll to see if we are on track or need to make changes.

A list of all articles that have been written since January 11th, 2008. If there is an article that you would like to see written in the future, why not submit your request in a comment to the editor?

Sallyann asks for some Italian wine recommendations and mentions there are no wine shops where she lives. I do some research, offer a geography lesson and give suggestions.

Announcements about changes the Wine Editor is making to wine reviews and also, a link to the Dennis Martin, Fetzer Wine Maker, Interview that was done last month. Oh - did you notcie that I changed my picture up above?

I recommended this wine in my article that I recently wrote on My Summer Wine List - 10 under $10 each. On that list, in no particular order, this wine was #10 of the 10 of the wines I had in the article.