1995 Nalle Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley: If this style of wine doesn't convert hold-outs to the pleasures of California's much loved red Zinfandel, then I give up! Get your tastebuds in gear! Join our resident cork dorks, Peter Granoff and Tim Gaiser on June 10 for an on-line wine tasting!

Our shops feature a selection of distinctive wine, food, and gifts, all personally selected by me and my team of experts. Give us a try: we guarantee your satisfaction! Sign up for e-mail and we'll let you know what's new. Be sure to check out our selection of fine knives and cookware in the food shop!

DaVero's new 1996 harvest unfiltered, first cold press, stone crushed, hand picked Extra Virgin Olive Oil from their Olive Ridge Ranch in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley is ready for your table. 6/9/97

Just in time for your summer entertaining, mixed samplers of our current "house" wine recommendations. Better buy by the case! 6/9/97

• Mixed Case "House" Whites $95.71 (after 10% case discount)
• Mixed Case "House" Reds $89.10 (after 10% case discount)

This is just a taste of what's new!

Looking for a gift for a golfer? Tee up our special Virtual Vineyards/GolfWeb Father's Day offer: a golf ball-topped wine stopper and a GolfWeb gift certificate.

Cheers to a warm, sweet summer! This sampler of six gorgeous dessert wines will help you beat the summer heat in style.

Join Pete and Louise Hassan, two world wide wanderers as they visit exotic locales across the globe for a year-long journey. Travel from the comfort of your chair -- no passport required. It's bound to be an exciting adventure!

They say that man does not live by bread alone... Well, with these four beautiful loaves from Master Baker Pascal Rigo around the house it might not be a bad idea--enough great bread for you, your family and your friends for several weeks.

Company's Coming It's time to get your grill All Fired Up! These June recipes for Raspberry Iced Tea Wine Cooler, Grilled Zucchini and Eggplant with Bruschetta, Garlicky Grilled Portobello Mushrooms, Barbecue Bean Bake, and Mustard and Mint Marinated Strip Steaks will help you keep your cool while cooking over an open flame.

Wine & Food Trivia What is a "flabby" wine? It certainly doesn't sound like a flattering description, nor is it meant to. Flabby wine lacks definition and key structural components, like tannin or acid. In other words, it hasn't spent a lot of time at the gym. If acid, the element that makes wine taste lively and crisp is lacking, the result could be a flabby wine. Are acids to wine what hand weights are to arms?!