It’s often said that the native wild grape varieties of the New World– of the species Vitis riparia, Vitis labrusca, Vitis aestivalis, and Vitis...

Depending on one’s perspective, it’s either through hilariously misleading irony or outright false advertising that many of the world’s great liquors derive their English...

The last time a Julie Zickefoose book was reviewed on this blogsite, the piece began by saying “This is going to be a rave...

With about two-thirds of the United States on the verge of a dangerous heatwave, I’m hesitant to endorse any libation but shockingly cold ice...

I consider myself fortunate that I learned to love summer birding before I ever knew what the summer doldrums are, if only because summer...

Helm Field Guides, Paperback – May 2018 As we birders like to see ourselves, we aren’t tourists but travellers, even explorers. And hence we...

Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Greeney was recommended to me as a book I HAD to review by no less than three birding...

The Philippine Eagle has a kind face. I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend...