At a recent Santa Clarita Vintners and Growers Association blind Zinfandel tasting (separate post) we were in for a unique treat – and one that didn’t involve wine. Corry De Robertis, seemingly plucked from the dairies of his ancestor’s home in Italy, walked in to a room of wine makers with: Goat Balls. Corry happens…
I’m thinking of ditching my daughter, husband, part time job and Santa Clarita – and the husband is good with this. Which is more worrisome? Me going for this job (listed below) or my husband planning my good-bye party and tossing me the car keys? May 26, 2009 Must love wine, social media MP3 –…
In planning a trip to Italy this summer, and my husband threatening limited Internet access to wean me off of Facebook, I was also concerned that readers may be getting used to seeing 3 blog posts a week on this site and will grow bored and lonesome without it. So I’ve entrusted my blogger brother…
2000 Opus One (Wine Locker Stored) – Normally priced at $175 or more a bottle. The price I have for this super premier is $120 a bottle (discount for all 6) (At press time Chef Mike has 10 bottles.) I have access to 1 six pack each of the following top shelf wines: The 1997…
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine… and those who don’t. As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end…
In a moment of blind narcissism I have copied a new Facebook friend’s first blog post for my readers to read…and heartily agree with. She has a unique business – one I’ve been clicking through all week – thrift shopping on line: Instead of issuing the usual newsletter this week, I thought I would try…
Ginger M., a new Facebook friend in Eve’s Wine 101 group, took this perfect photograph. I’m no artist but the light and range of colors blew me away. I didn’t want to just post it on the right side of this blog as I wanted to show it as large as possible. Thoughts? Thirsty for…
Retirement Planning If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $40.00. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00…
Last night, one of my best friends and I were sitting in my living room and I said to her: I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug. She got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out…
