Welcome to my E-Zine on Wine. The E-Zine dates back to 1995, which is ancient history in Internet terms. In the early '90s, I was the wine forum leader on Prodigy Classic's internet service, which was disintegrating by the mid-90s. I then struck out on my own, starting the E-Zine in 1995 and its Bulletin Board a couple of years later.  At the time, the E-Zine was intended to be a food-and-wine blog, except blogs didn't really exist then. Many older articles, like "My Dinner with Mario," are food-and-wine pieces not too much different than the Hedonist Gazette articles that appear on eRobertParker.com. Eventually, and slowly, it evolved into more serious wine criticism, although much of it retains a food and wine context, as opposed to controlled tastings. Most of what we have transferred here is from the ARTICLES section. Other sections will be transferred in due course. Click here to read a sample article.