Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2009 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache. The Winery Tablas Creek Vineyard (“TCV”) is probably the best-known of all Paso Robles wineries specializing in Rhone…
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Value Alert…2011 Zestos Vinos de Madrid Old Vines
From time to time I come across a wine with a surprisingly good quality/price ratio (‘QPR”). The 2011 Zestos Vinos de Madrid Old Vines, a Spanish wine from the DO Madrid is such a wine. I purchased this bottle from my favorite wine store, K&L Wine Merchants. Not familiar with the DO Madrid? Join the club!…
Ridge Vineyards Wine Bloggers Tasting – Treacherous Troika Trickeration!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Ridge Vineyard final Wine Bloggers Tasting of the 2012. The Wine Bloggers Tasting is hosted by Christopher Watkins, Ridge’s indefatigable ambassador and Tasting Room Manager. He has been hosting the Wine Bloggers Tasting for about two and a half years now. What make each event…
Wine Pairings for Home for the Holidays #SundaySupper
This week’s #SundaySupper theme “Home for the Holidays”, and is all about holiday traditions. Americans are such a diverse people. As such, we have diverse holiday traditions that reflect our multitude of heritages. I prefer to focus on the common threads that run through the our diverse national fabric. Among those common threads are family…
Wine of the Week; 2011 Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2011 Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris de Cigare The Winery Bonny Doon Vineyard, located in Santa Cruz, CA was established in 1983…
Top 20 Sparkling Wines Under $20!
Over the past couple of years I’ve made it a point to blog about sparkling wines. For a time I blogged about a different sparkling wine on a weekly basis (At one point I tried 30 different sparkling wines over a 30 week period!). Though I’ve gotten away from it in recent months, it’s not…
T.G.I.F. Bubbly; Jean-Louis Denois Limoux Brut Rosé
Over the past couple of years I’ve been blogging about sparkling wines. For a time I blogged about a different sparkling wine on a weekly basis. I’ve gotten away from it in recent months, not because I stopped drinking sparkling wines (I still drink bubbly on pretty much a weekly basis; they’re underrated food friendly wines and,…
Wine of the Week: 2008 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. For this week, my Wine Of The Week is the 2008 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon. The Winery Robert Keenan Winery is located in the Spring Mountain District AVA (it’s one of…
Wine of the Week; 2005 Domaine Carneros Le Rêve
Every Thursday I feature a wine I particularly enjoy, whether it’s something new and different, is a great value, or from a producer worth checking out. My Wine Of The Week is the 2005 Domaine Carneros Le Rêve The Winery Domaine Carneros was founded in 1987 by Champagne Taittinger of France in partnership with Kobrand Corporation. It is located in…
Oyster and Brie Soup and Wine Pairings for Celebrity Chef #SundaySupper
This week’s Favorite Celebrity Chef #SundaySupper theme was a blast from the past for me. While I count Alton Brown, Paula Deen, Tyler Florence and Emeril Lagasse, among my favorite celebrity chefs, it wasn’t one of their dishes that was top of mind for me. You know how there are dishes you will always remember because…