Maria Helm News Today

Yes, just about any time you are invited for an evening at someones home you make the semi-obligatory trip to Carls or Four Dogs or Aspen Wine and Spirits to get a bottle or two to bring to your hosts.

‘Elevated’ wine tasting in Napa now costs $82 per person on average, data shows. Yet even as inflation is pushing wine prices even higher, customers seem happy to keep paying.