Funky Wines?
Funky wines? Let’s find out what type of wine drinker you are: Before you are six glasses; three to your right and three to your left. On your right the glasses are labeled: Blackberry, strawberry, and...
View ArticleWine Tasting 101: What You See Is (Almost) What You Get
Wine Tasting 101: What You See Is (Almost) What You Get What do you think about the President? Who makes the best pizza in town? Jeggings—stupid fad or genius merging of comfort and style? You probably...
View ArticleChampagne
What exactly is this stuff called Champagne? Champagne is more than a style of wine, it is a region, and only grapes grown and vinified in la Champagne can wear the le champagne label on the bottle. It...
View ArticleWine Tasting 101: Oh, the Smell of It…!
Wine Tasting 101: Oh, the Smell of It…! I went to a tasting seminar once where, on a plate in front of each of the attendees, was a mysterious capsule filled with a brown and white powdery substance...
View ArticleWine Tasting 101: Drink Me!
So, okay—here’s what we’ve accomplished so far in our adventures in Wine Tasting 101: We’ve given it the eyeball. We’ve spun it right ‘round like a record, baby. We’ve sniffy-sniffed (has Vaynerchuck...
View ArticleGood Wine Gone Bad
Wine Faults: Good Wine Gone Bad You are sitting in your favorite restaurant. You are surrounded by a few good friends, or family members, or perhaps a couple of make-you-or-break-you business...
View ArticleWine 101: Acidity, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Loire.
Wine 101: Acidity, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Loire. When I was six years old I watched a cut-open apple slowly fade from glistening white to rusty brown. Jeez mom, what happened?...
View ArticleTrickle Me Pink
Rosé Wine: Trickle Me Pink I’m going to admit something to you all, right here, right now: I love rosé. Love, love, lovie, love, love. And for a bunch of different reasons, from the utterly knee-jerk...
View ArticleOeniquette for the Oenophile
I remember when I was a kid and my family would sit down to eat, en masse (four kids, two parents, one begging dog); no matter that we were only sitting in the kitchen with paper napkins; my dad still...
View ArticleDon’t Be a Chicken with Your Turkey!
Right around the holidays, talk of what to drink with what you eat hits a bit of a frenzied pitch, especially at the Thanksgiving table, infamous for its myriad muddle of dishes, flavors, textures,...
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