The San Francisco International Wine Competition (SFIWC) has released the 2024 wine competition winners. Five Merlot wines made the final rounds. Below are brief descriptions of the wines and tasting ...

Cheap wine that doesn’t suck rarely is Merlot. On the Universal Suckitude Scale, cheap Merlot ranks slightly higher than dogshit omelets and just below seeing Kirstie Alley naked. Why? Well, Merlot ...

This is one in a series of shameless plugs for New Times' Pairings event this Thursday, but luckily this shameless plug includes alcohol. Namely it's the Casa Lapostolle's 2006 merlot, one of the ...