I so often do single bottle reviews, but readers should know that I often eat as well too! Usually I do the review first, then, later, I finish off with a meal. My husband Eddie had been out of town and I wanted to make him a really good, hearty, beef stew his first day…
2011 Frisk 2011 “Prickly” Riesling 89% Riesling, 11% Muscat Gordo 9.8% alcohol Alpine and King Valleys, Victoria, Australia Appearance/Color – Foamy beer-like head but only at edge, lightening color, small “frost” appearance in center. Color is pale lemon to green, diamonds, clear, sparkling, almost shiny in glass’ reflection. Swirling brings more effervescence, pleasant. Aroma –…
Shawn Shai Halahmy is a pal, and like other winemaking pals, I forget what came first, a love for their wine that developed into a friendship, or if we became friends before I tried his wine. Actually, I’m going with the former…wine does make the heart grow fonder, eh? Shai Cellars 08 Adome Santa Ynez…
Getting caught up on unsolicited (wines sent that I didn’t expect) and solicited (new friends that have the gift – of wine) produced this hodgepodge of tasting notes: Hawk and Horse http://www.hawkandhorsevineyards.com 2007 Red Hills Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon 14.1% alcohol The color was a clear, beautiful ruby with slight tawny edge in one ounce…
This week I will give you two very simple Italian recipes, Chicken Parmesan and a No-Bake Lasagna, to illustrate how wine can make the meal. Wasn’t where I was headed. It just worked out that way because…well…read on. I’m a Pulchella wine club member. I found myself drinking some of what I received from a…
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For a recent wine tasting I was tasked with finding a wine made from the Semillon grape to share with a dozen or more other people, with the same task. I did an Google search to see what was new that I could come up with. I was interested in trying Stickybeak as another Facebook…
As it’s the Friday before a long weekend, I give you two wines from Napa Valley’s Patland Estate Vineyards to consider drinking if you’re housebound or bound to parts unknown: 08 Proprietary Red Wine Terra Del Cuore 14.8% alcohol Bottle No. 1008 of 1560 Napa Valley Color – Opaque, purple, deep ruby edge. Aroma –Mint,…
At a recent Grape of the Night event, that a dozen or more friends attend under the tutelage of Eve’s Wine 101 staff writer Rusty Sly, the assigned varietal was one none of us was overly familiar with: Roussanne. Grape of the Night, for those of you new to Eve’s Wine 101, is an event…
Nuggucciet Cellars is owned and operated by my fellow wine writer and pal – note the full up-front disclosure – Russ Briley. But I guess I have to call Russ a winemaker now too… (This is something my readers need not ever fear from me as winemaking requires hard work, education, dirt under the nails…