Wine

I'm still brooding about this one, and am wondering if I reacted badly... what are your thoughts? Some friends/accquaintances here (we generally walked our dogs together), decided to move back t...

by aledm 10 years ago

We're moving to Vail for a winter of skiing and I was reading the posts about restaurants in Colorado generally. There was a comment in a thread that said Colorado as a state forbids corkage. What ...

I don't drink and know nothing about wines. I'd like to know a basic, everyday wine I can use for deglazing and for Italian pasta dishes that I can find in neighborhood grocery stores. I've looked ...

by magnoliasouth 3 months ago

First off, I apologize for the length of this post. I just wanted to explain so you fully get what my problem is. I am of Austrian descent and my great-Aunt used to make Glühwein every Christmas...

I am not a wine snob BUT I hosted an open house this week. As a hostess gift I received bottles of wine I will not drink. If they are a wine I will not drink, I will NOT regift them. I should h...

So I've done some fairly extensive web research (read: about 5 minutes with Google) that has brought up nothing on this topic, and maybe (my completely forgotten) high school biology would explain ...

I have to move with my wine bottles. The wine is currently stored in a wine refrigerator under the proper temperature. If i take the bottles out and pack it for transit that will last 7 days, wil...

It's time for seasonal harvest festivals all around the metro area. One of the biggest is coming up again: Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest will take place in Rhinebeck, N.Y. at the Dutchess County F...

So you would think I know the answer to this, after 40+ years in the wine trade, but laws change, court cases are decided, and I frankly don't have a freakin' clue! Most question of this ilk are...

I'm wondering if anyone has this same problem. I love red wine and drink it often, but I always have to enjoy a glass (or two) BEFORE my meal. Because as soon as I start to eat, something happens t...

by concordcourtney 12 years ago

So last week I grabbed a bottle of inexpensive Gewürztraminer at the grocery store to go with a week night supper. It's a recent vintage, nothing fancy, in the usual Gewurzt style bottle. The rubbe...

Need your best inexpensive buttery chard suggestions. TIA

Hey everyone, I'll be in Napa this upcoming August from Saturday lunch (8/25) through Monday AM (8/27) and wanted to reach out for meal and wine tasting ideas. I'm targeting a few higher-end ex...

Hello, Will a clear bottle affect the flavor of wine for short term storage in the fridge (a few days to a couple weeks). I'm talking about the light exposure when the fridge is open. Thanks!

by babette feasts 7 years ago

When I was in college, I could, like most of my cohorts, drink way too much, sleep well, and function in the morning. In this millennium, I find more and more that if I have more than 2 drinks, ev...

by Melanie Wong 10 months ago

Yes, we did have a chowdown last month in Baja California, meeting for the Festival de las Conchas y Vino Nuevo in Ensenada and Valle de Guadalupe. Sometimes just two of us and as many as five in o...

by rworange 12 years ago

On ABC World News there was a report that North Carolina tobacco farmers are starting to plant wine grapes. ABC said "North Carolina's wines are winning awards domestically and holding their own ag...