About Us

Ann Antes

My love and passion for wine began innocently at a local wine store almost 20 years ago. Sure I drank wine before that, I even studied in Paris both in high school and college, but I didn't "explore" wine, I simply drank it without studying it. My husband and I stopped to buy a bottle of wine in a small shop in our town and they were hosting their weekly wine tasting. We tasted a variety of wines and found ourselves in that shop every Saturday exploring new and interesting wines.

At about the same time I began to explore another passion, cooking. Of course the result of those two passions work in perfect harmony together and I became obsessed with pairing the perfect wines to my creative work in the kitchen.

To continue my "education" in food and wine, I attended countless cooking classes and wine tastings over the years. One of my most memorable classes was with the late Julia Child. She was preparing a spring lamb stew and declared to the class (as she was drinking a glass of wine from the bottle she just used to deglaze her skillet) that if you can't drink the wine, you shouldn't cook with it. That was a huge revelation to me - and made me realize that its not the price of the wine that is important it's the quality of the wine. I wouldn't want to cook with a $100 bottle of Cab! My husband and I began to explore wines from all continents and all price ranges and that's when I discovered a $20 bottle of wine could be every bit a good as a $100 bottle of wine.

I still continue to explore new and interesting wines, but admittedly as I mature, I have realized that I love certain wines from certain places. As you read reviews of the wines I drink, you will most likely identify a trend to my wine drinking patterns, but I promise to throw in a few reviews of wines that you may think I wouldn't drink, good, bad or indifferent.

Julie Bishop: Webmaster

A few years back, my husband and I were fortunate to live in Southern France for a year. During that time, we frequented wonderful French Restaurants and had many opportunities to savor delicious regional wines. At that point in our lives we realized how an exquisite bottle of wine could make all the difference whether you were enjoying an ultimate dining experience or just having a group of friends over for a casual meal.

Ever since our overseas adventure, wine became our focus when dining. We had a wine cellar built in our house, joined wine of the month clubs and started appreciating many different wines in all different price ranges.

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Scott Bishop: Owner - Proprietor

My wife and I were extremely lucky in the mid 90's because I got the opportunity to go to work at my company's European headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, in the south of France, near Nice. It was a wonderful two years. A time when I learned what it really meant to eat and dine.

It was here I started to develop my love for wine. I'll never forget when it first happened. My wife and I were in this wonderful little restaurant called La Mirabelle, in Cannes, France. It was quaint with maybe 6 or 8 tables. We started with the suggested apperetif, a Kir Royal.

With the meal, we asked the Sommelier to select the wine. It was a delicious full-bodied Bordeaux. The smell was bold and beautiful.

I took my first sip, and that's when it hit me. My body tingled and my insides got all warm. It was a complete physical reaction to an amazing wine.

That's where my passion started and I still feel the same way today. A great wine still makes me warm and tingly. As you can imagine, I'm still a bit partial to Bordeauxs but I've found many other types of wines over the years that also give me the same reaction.

Now I live my passion by trying to find good cheap wines that make me tingle. When I do find them, I pass the word on to other Average Joe wine drinkers through this web site. I hope you enjoy!