The Washington Post says what I have been saying for years: Americans drink their reds to warm and their whites too cold. Here’s a handy graphic from Scott Harvey Remember that when the rule of thumb “red wines should be served at room temperature”, there was no central heating and those castles, manor houses and […]
Apparently, rich people are bathing in red wine. *Deep sigh* To me this smacks of over the top privilege; the kind of privilege that comes with having more money than sense. It is wasteful beyond measure. Furthermore, the idea that bathing in wine has any health benefits whatsoever is pure quackery. But it does […]
It is almost Halloween. Instead of wondering about how harvest is going, or what the wine makers might be doing with their grapes to make the wines better this year than they did last year, here’s a question somebody decided needed answering: What wine goes with what candy? Seriously? Is this what we’ve come to? […]
A couple of days ago I made a mustard/wasabi encrusted pork roast. I wanted to serve it with a Grenache. For some reason (glug, glug), we had no Granache in the house. Shock! So I rummaged around in the racks and cases of wine until I found a wine that I thought might pair well. […]
Madeline Puckette, the source of wit and wisdom at winefolly.com, a great blog by the way, recently posted 6 Misunderstood Things About Wine. In the post Madeline covers some “myths” about wine. I don’t know how many of these are actually prevalent myths. I would like to weigh in on the subject of aging wines. […]
The design website inthralld.com recently published this feature about displaying your wine. I have to say I am of two minds about this subject. On the one hand, as a wine enthusiast who believes, and has argued before, that wine is not for collecting, but is for drinking, I was annoyed. On the other hand, […]
I have a favorite wine pairing. You can’t beat it. It beats red wine and chocolate. It beats Cabernet Sauvignon and steak. It beats Savignon Blanc and oysters. My favorite wine pairing is wine with a glass. While pairing the right wine with the right food can enhance the experience of both, I am coming […]
Life here at the casa has been interesting. I’ve had to put the Urban Wine book on the back burner for the time being because of family and work obligations. But we are carrying on. We have been living with this motto in mind: Keep Calm and Drink Wine. I have another wine book idea […]
This is an updated version of last year’s What Wine to Serve With Turkey post. I’ve added a fourth wine. It is that time of the year again. We’re all turning our minds towards preparing for the Thanksgiving dinner. Those of us who know a little bit about wine start getting asked “what wine goes […]
After spending the day preparing for my trip to the North East, last Wednesday evening my partner and I had opened a bottle of Gold Hill Vineyard’s 2008 Cabernet Franc. We each had a glass and though we enjoyed it, we both noted that it was sweeter than other Cab Franc’s we had tasted. The […]
