When I was a younger, about the age you are right now, I used to drink my wine out of a 4 ounce jelly jar. I found out later that they were really called wine tumblers. When you don't have much, you tend to look at alternatives. Here are a few you haven't thought of.

Central Florida´s premier wine event series for June, is back for 2008! Now in its 12th year, WineQuest features a selection of fine wine tastings, dinners, auctions and interactive seminars offering something for all tastes.

The very first of my telephone wine interview series, I invite Dennis Martin, Wine Maker of Fetzer Vineyards, to join me on the call. Space does not allow me to print the entire telephone interview, but when the MP3 is available, I will let you listen in.

I know you have heard the expression you have to kiss a lot of toads to find a prince. Here is a toad you can kiss again and again and get a prince of a wine every time. I am amazed at two things about this wine; the quality of the wine and the price.

My wine purchases did not go as planned. I wound up getting a mixed case of Canyon Oaks, a case of "the Toad", and agreeing to buy a case of Famega. While I am happy with what I got, my cellar does not have the diversity I was hoping for.

It's been three months since I started as the Bella Online Wine Guy. I thought it might be a good idea to do a short review of the Bella Online Wine Web, where it was when I started and where we are going.