Wine
I find that in day-to-day life one runs across few opportunities to use an awesome word like “dastardly.” It’s a great word. So when I decided to write about the five things which can harm your wine, I simply had […]
Hello Lovely People… it’s Wednesday and that (usually) means wine. It’s very fun for me, you see, to get to wear different hats and use different facets of my mind. The fantasy author in me gets to dream big, while […]
If you’ve ever been wine tasting then you know that every winery under the sun has a wine club. While they are borderline universal, wine clubs do vary from venue to venue and some are definitely better than others. Let’s […]
Yep, I said moolah. Money, dough, cash, Benjamins, clams, greenbacks, bread, cheddar…ooh, bread and cheddar… goes with wine! And full circle, we are back to one of my favorite topics. I do love a nice glass of wine in the […]
Happy Wednesday! So, a bit by way of explanation. The prevailing internet logic regarding blogs is that one should focus subject matter, thereby establishing a stronger fan base sooner. For example one will peruse the web and find fashion blogs, […]
It happens every year. Sometimes it sneaks up on us and the flurry, the mayhem, sweeps through and traumatizes us. We’re overwhelmed with everything to do, the lists, the rigid organization, all the people to remember and reach out to, […]
So, if you follow the wine blogs, magazines, or just plain wine speak in general you’ll know that one of California’s greatest gifts is simultaneously our bane. Yep, in a word? Zinfindels. I mean, come on! Our weather, our terroir, […]
Happy Hump Day! For me Wednesday is the day when one can truly hunker down and plan out one’s weekend. Monday is spent mourning the passing of the previous weekend and Tuesday is the day actual work gets done, so […]
Recently I made it out on the town with the gals. Each of these ladies has a child or children who ran middle school track. This is relevant because I too have children who run plus I coach Track and […]
Last week, my honey brought me a Conundrum. Mind you, he didn’t mean to. But, you see, I wasn’t answering the phone. Why? I went to the pool for a Mai-tai and left my phone in our room. (Now before […]
If you grew up in the United States, or hey, maybe other countries, too- I can’t say, you have likely had “Mystery Meat.” This is especially true if you bought lunch at the school cafeteria. Maybe yours was called “Wednesday […]
As I type I am on a visit to San Diego. My hostess, a dear friend, served us two bottles of this amazing wine. It was new to me and I simply cannot wait to hunt some out once I […]
It’s rare that I join a wine club any more. There have been times when my husband and I belonged to six, seven, eight clubs. That’s way too many. It gets expensive and you lose the special anticipation of a […]
Looking back over my “Wine on Wednesday” posts I can see that I have neglected one of my very favorite types of wine: the blend. This is a wine that has more than one variety of grape in it. Now, […]
Yep, it’s me, playing fast and loose with the days of the week. What can I say? I’m a rebel. A rebel who’s had a horrible cold these past eleven days. Today is the first day in five that I […]
Clearly, I have some weeks that are better in the blogosphere than others. This is turning out to be a bloggie week. My Wine on Wednesdays blogs are not intended to be a weekly thing. They only happen when I […]
This past weekend was a girls’ weekend… and a good one. One of the things that I adore about wine is that the right wine goes with food AND friends. The elegant bottle and lovely glasses lend a celebratory air […]
My friends all know that I am a hard-core devotee of red wine in all its luscious glory. However, there is something about sitting on the back deck during a beautiful Californian summer evening sipping a lovely chilled sparkling wine […]
Okay, people, do not, I repeat, do NOT get too used this. Yes, this is the second Wednesday in a row that I am blogging on wine, but that’s only because the stars aligned JUST right. This week’s wine gem […]
I’ll say it again… there’s no shame in pink. The 1990’s and crimes committed against white zinfindel and its fans have a great deal to answer for. For starters, I now frequently meet people who believe that all rosé wines […]
Now, given the challenge I’ve faced trying to be consistent with my Musical Monday blogs, I would have to be a great fool to try to start another weekly featured post. I am not a great fool (mostly) so I […]
Hi, folks…. So those of you who have been following my blog for a while know that I have flown in the face of blogging wisdom. Conventional blogging says that one should have a theme. Perhaps one blogs book reviews […]
Okay, so hopefully as we’ve gone through this wonderful journey of wine you are learning the occasional odd fact. Who knows, maybe something you can use on Jeopardy? We’ve covered the basics, then sight, sound and taste in our wine […]
“May you never lie, steal, cheat or drink. But if you must lie, lie in each other’s arms. If you must steal, steal kisses. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink with us, your friends.” […]
“Blind tastings are to wine what strip poker is to love.”- Kermit Lynch, Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA For most people we begin almost everything with our eyes. The light, the spirit in another’s eyes draws us to them, it attracts […]
“Here’s to the corkscrew – a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly.” W.E.P. French (From the wine list of Commander’s Palace in New […]
