“Wine is in a crisis.” Wine consumption in the U.S. is at a 20-year low. The sky is falling, say the people who observe such things. Some say it’s because younger people show little interest in wine, instead consuming cocktails, seltzers, weed, or whatever else is available to them. Some say Americans are drinking les…

Certain things have come to pass and I find myself a 29-year-old divorcee living in a strange, millennial-grey rental house with my parents. It’s Monday night, my kids are with their dad, and I have four old Australian shiraz open before me. Only times as troubling as these would call someone to open a critical mass of 16…

A bite from the wine bug is exactly the type of infection that will drive an otherwise normal person to spend hours scouring the dusty, creaking old shelves of an eight-story used book store, hoping she might discover a new wine book. That’s where I was when I spotted…

Of course, Jason was the jerk as usual, the “wine snob…

A couple of weekends ago, standing in a boutique bottle shop, I was confronted with a deep sense of confusion as I became hypnotized by their many-hued vermouth section. Between the artistic labels—many of which feature illustrations of animals and saturated color palettes—I recognized words I know: dry, sweet, rosso, blanc. But beyond that I was befudd…

My friends and I let out a collective post-wedding exhale over a handful of half-drank bottles of wine, haphazard snack foods, and mismatched Airbnb glassware. We were all gathered to celebrate the marriage of our close friend Anastasia. After we drained a few liters, I spotted a clear bottle at the back of the fridge. “I know that wine,” I thought, plucking the…

I approached the mustached wine steward in the camo hat at the German wine bar. Pouring wine from the window of a 19th century gothic-style mansion, he informed me—without asking what I’d like—that he was about to open something special. Blindly, I agreed. He gleefully revealed a sim…

Today, we’re introducing Caroline Lamb as a new contributor to Everyday Drinking. Caroline is a wine professional based in Detroit, who works in distribution, contributes regularly to the Business of Drinks podcast, and writes about wine and culture at…