Our review of the wine scene in the so-called Golden Isles has been immeasurably enhanced through conversations with three accomplished local sommeliers. Sneak peak for golfers: Sea Island Resort (above) still rules.

If you’ve been following me at all through the PGA season, you know I do my homework, which typically involves googling an entire city’s collection of restaurants and stores in search of the best wine.

We had low expectations for a tour stop in Ivins, UT. We weren't disappointed.

If going to Jackson is good enough for Johnny Cash, it’s good enough for us. And judging from the restaurants in Jackson we surveyed, not going would be a mistake.

As noted elsewhere in these pages, California cab is the American golfer’s wine of choice. So when the Tour visits Napa, you better believe there’s great golf-appropriate wine everywhere you turn.

It’s fitting for our mission that the culmination of the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup seasons happens in Atlanta.

The wine action here is all back in Denver...

I have one word for you regarding the wine scene in Memphis…corkage.

I was surprised by the seeming plethora of wine options in Greensboro. Maybe it’s the presence of multiple colleges or the way it sits in a belt between Winston-Salem and Durham, or maybe it’s just a happening place.

There is no shortage of options in the Twin Cities for a good wine experience. And while it’s hard to comment on an entire metro area, I always felt as if greatness remained just out of reach. I’ll just go sulk in the corner at i Nonni, assuming I can find the wine list…

It is quite possible and actually easy to drink great wine in Scotland if you’re traveling for the Genesis or Open Championship. Avoid the plonk and email the St. Andrews Wine Company now!

What comes first, supply or demand? The question occurred to me as I googled the wine scene in the Quad Cities early in the week of the John Deere Classic.

I wouldn’t guess from afar that Detroit would be a strong wine town. Maybe it is, but you’d never know it from what you can see online…

Hartford frankly should be a better wine destination than it actually is. Still, there’s one strong list downtown and a sprinkling of decent options clustered in West Hartford.

You won’t find wine to match the caliber of the golf at Pinehurst, but no reason to break an 8-iron across your knee either…

I don’t know that any golf course on earth looks lusher and more beautiful on TV than Muirfield Village. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the same feast for the senses when I began looking for good restaurant wine lists and retail stores in Dublin, OH. I scouted dozens of websites and was almost at the point of despair.

I’ve never been to Ft. Worth and have a vague idea that it’s a rustic, cow-friendly exurb about 30 miles west of Dallas. Them’s probably fighting words, so I apologize in advance to the wine-loving citizens of Ft. Worth and hope to visit one day.

Louisville is not a wine slugger’s paradise. You’d think between Valhalla and The Derby there’d be at least one category killer restaurant or retailer, but we couldn’t find them. We did find a place you can taste 155 bourbons though…

Awesome wine options, traffic permitting. That’s why we call it Drive For Bor(beaux)…

Special Ryder Cup Edition. We’re putting the putt in puttanesca with our overview of the best wine lists in Rome.