What Wines go with Gingerbread Houses
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 dessert wines in search of the perfect wine with gingerbread houses! Happy Holidays!
Belles Roches 2005 Fitou ~ Mont Tauch
Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2008 Wine Tasting
This is the best kind of wine…free. I won it in a raffles for the Telephon. It is produced by Mont Tauch in Tuchan who knock out some good value wines (Fitou and Corbieres). Deep dark red in colour without much of a nose. On the palate it is earthy with a touch of unripe plum but the [...]
Charles Joseph Natoire ~ Bacchus and Adriadne
Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2008 Wine Tasting
Oil on canvas The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Pair On! Batali, Puck and Lagasse vs Matthews
Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2008 Wine Tasting
Each year at the Wine Experience, Wine Spectator executive editor Tom Matthews challenges the celebrity chefs to a pairing duel. This year Mario Batali, Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck each created a dish and chose one wine to pair with it. Will Tom’s challenger wine teach these chefs a lesson in wine and food pairing?
MIU Connoisseur Corkscrew
Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2008 Wine Tasting
Amazon.com Product Description The next best thing to an in-house sommelier, this professional-quality wine opener offers the same impressive performance and stylish design as corkscrews that cost far more. Made from durable, nickel-plated, zinc alloy with easy-grip, ergonomic handles, it uses metal gears to extract corks in seconds. The entire process requires minimal effort, and best [...]
Binavi Badakhshani ~ Clear Wine
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
A mystic is one who passes away – He abides in the essence of that which is Real. Such a person is pure, clear wine without dregs. Now whole, he displays the Most Beautiful Names.
Bordeaux Adventures Commence at Chateau Clinet
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk’s recent Bordeaux excursion brings him to Chateau Clinet in Pomerol, where he and the owner Ronan compare the historic 2005 to the unheralded 2006 vintage with some surprising results.
La Vie du Sud ~ Chardonnay
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
I should say straight of the bat, that I’m not a white wine drinker and only purchased this Mont Tauch wine to cook with. It is under there Vie du Sud/ Le Village du Sud brand which includes a very drinkable Syrah. I had a 1/3 of a bottle left over from my kitchen adventures so [...]
The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy by Ian D’agata
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
Product Description The definitive guide to Italy’s best wines by foremost expert Ian D’Agata, the director of the International Wine Academy of Roma The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy is a simple, user-friendly guide to the top Italian wines—packed with information on purchasing it in America, with tips for visiting wineries in Italy. In [...]
A Tasting Of Value Petite Sirah
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Petite Sirah’s that are price right and sees if he can find a good deal in the bunch!
Kir-Yianni Estate, interview with Stelios Boutari
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
Interview with Stelios Boutari, winemaker and co-owner of the family vineyard Kir-Yianni, founded by Stelios father Yiannis Boutari, located in Naoussa in northwestern Greece. One of the main varieties they focus on is xinomavro, sometimes likened to pinot noir but really with more family resemblance to nebbiolo or syrah. Stelios also talks about his father, Yiannis Boutaris, [...]
Red Wine is good for you.
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
Is red wine really healthy or is that just an excuse to get drunk?
Painting by E.Denis
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 Wine Tasting
© http://www.denis-art.com E. Denis was born in 1971 in Byelorussia. He was the youngest child in the family and all his free time he spent painting. Denis’s first website was created in 2001 which exhibited his earlier paintings and church bells. After that he took part in many exhibitions in his home country and abroad: USA, [...]
