I was headed home Friday after another week of too many hours, and not enough rest. I decided to pick up a pizza on the way home because we’d opened a 2006 Rosenblum Cellars Richard Sauret Zinfandel (88pts) the night before. I decided to get a pizza topped with grilled chicken, sausage, linguica, roma tomatoes, red…
Mine Eyes Have Been Opened Wide…
I love Zin. It’s one of my favorite varietals. In fact, my epiphany wine was a Lolonis Zinfandel I had about 10 years ago. Before that, I liked wine and would consume it occasionally. But after that, I came to love wine. I can still remember the juicy berry flavor of that wine! But when…
Blind tasting and strip poker, Oh my!
After our most recent wine tasting club meeting I began to wonder why it is that the least expensive wine frequently wins. At our wine tasting club, we do blind-tasting. The bottles are covered up to conceal the identity of the producer. We typically pour an ounce or two, and score the wine on a…
Start the car….I gotta steal!
Just a few short years ago, before the Great Recession, there were many wine lovers, and just plain showoffs who seemed to revel in telling anyone who would listen, or pretend to listen, how much they paid for a bottle of wine. Well, the tables have turned. Now, it seems it’s cool to tell folks…
And the winner is…
For the September bi-monthly meeting of the Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club, we blind tasted 10 sparkling wines. It was a fun evening filled with lots of sparkling wine, food, and we learned a thing or two about sparkling wine in the process! The sparkling wines were geographically diverse. While half of the wines were…
Tiny bubbles make me happy…
I prepared Garlicky Shrimp Pasta last night. It’d been a while since I made it, and my vague recollection was that the next time I make it, add a bit salt and add more red pepper flakes to make it spicier. Well, I got carried away on both counts! It turned out to be a…
Do you know the way to Viognier?
We recently went to dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. We decided to take a bottle of 2008 Yalumba Viognier –Eden Valley South Australia ($14/bottle; 14.5% A.B.V). It’s a wine I purchased from my favorite wine store, K&L Wine Merchants six months ago. It paired wonderfully with the Thai dishes we selected, Crab fried-rice, Pad…
Ice Ice Baby!
The other night I came home from work late. I had a light meal, but wanted something sweet after dinner. It was a warm evening so ice cream came to mind, but I had ice cream the night before and wanted to avoid the fat. I decided to have a little ice wine – 2008…
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Cookies and Wine?
I know! Sounds weird right?! On the contrary – I had a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie with Madeira, and they played well together! There’s a good chance you’re not familiar with Madeira. I know I wasn’t. I’ve seen it called for in a few recipes, and occasionally I’ve seen it listed among the dessert wines…