The Garden State Growers Association will host the second annual Cape May Wine Festival, in Cape May, NJ on October 11th, 12th & 13th of 2008, Noon - 5pm. In addition to award winning wines, the festival offers live music, crafters, seminars, gourmets foods, and a special "Kids Zone" for young attendees. (…)
The Chateau Miraval wine estate in Provence, France is about to welcome some new tenants. (…)
Yes, I'm serious. (…)
In a move reminiscent of the famous "Schlitz Gay" SNL beer commercial, a new wine, meant to "honor the gay community" has recently been introduced to the market. (…)
Perfect to serve with Corned Beef and Cabbage, or even an Irish Lamb Stew, this Saint Patrick's Day Sangria will have your Irish eyes smiling…
Saint Patrick's Sangria
makes 6 - 8 servings
1 bottle red wine (rioja or merlot work well)
1 lemon cut into wedges
2 oranges cut into wedges
1/2 cup sugar
2 shots of Irish Whiskey
2 cups seltzer water (sub ginger ale if you prefer a sweeter sangria)
Combine all ingredients except seltzer in a large pitcher, squeezing a bit of fruit juice into the wine before adding the pieces of fruit to the pitcher. Chill in the fridge for two or more hours. Before serving, add the seltzer, and serve over ice. (…)
So we have to confess, we haven't actually tried any of the varietals from the Washington and Oregon winemaker, Naked Wineries. With names like Dominatrix, Tease, Escort and Missionary, we sure aren't bringing a bottle to our next book club meeting. Reviews online are mixed, but the 2003 Penetration Cabernet, pictured above, scores a rating of 87 with an average retail price of $28.
American Winery describes the "orgasmically grown" varietal as having "…intense concentration with a huge extract…Penetration is always satisfying…"
Ummmmm…we'll have what she's having.
And the votes are in, folks! The verdict? "Not that bad!"
I have always been dying to try Trader Joe's much talked about Two Buck Chuck (or Three Buck Chuck, as the regional case may be.) My husband? Well, not so much. While our tastes in wine are well-matched, the one area we butt heads on is price. Always the budget-minded shopper, I urge my husband to stick to the $10 and under section of our local wine shop. When left to his own devices, he comes home with more than a few $20 bottles. Fortunately, he rarely picks a clunker. (…)
We've mentioned before how enamored we are with Wine Woot, and this week's offering is a great example why. As always, Wine Woot is offering an excellent wine at an even more excellent price, for one week only. This week's featured wine is a "3 Pack Plus One" of an assortment of Columbia Valley reds, all from the producer Helix. At $59.99 plus a mere $5.00 for shipping, that's enough to rate pretty high on our bargain-excite-o-meter.
But Wine Woot doesn't stop there. This week's feature is also a "Woot Launch" exclusive, with the inclusion of one bottle of the 2005 Helix Cabernet Sauvignon, available for the first time ever. With a promise of "subtle whiffs of vanilla and sprinkles of oak spice", we may be busting out the credit cards much sooner than we planned to after the holidays.
Though not usually a worry at our house, where we typically have a case on hand to satisfy our own compulsions, Apartment Therapy's The Kitchn recently posed the question: How much wine should we plan, per guest, for a sit-down dinner, or even a holiday hors d'ouevre party? (…)
Celebrity wines are nothing new. Mariah Carey has one. Celine Dion has attached her name to her own varietal. Even rock legends like Kiss and the Rolling Stones have gotten in on the action. So why not the "Mandy" crooner? (…)
Want to know the secret to Jessica Simpson's newly buff-again bod? When asked by Life & Style magazine about her recent slim-down, Ms. (…)
Many of us are already familiar with the e-commerce dynamo, Woot!, which for one day only, offers a single item on their website at a bargain basement price. Mostly, the items are gadget and tech related, but a recent foray into wines has led to the launching of Wine Woot! Offered for one week at a time, Wine Woot! (…)
Congratulations to P. Halvorson of Sandy, UT. You just won a free wine tote in our monthly wine tote giveaway for October. (…)
We hosted a dinner party this past weekend, and in addition to the requisite beer and wine selections, decided to jazz up the festivities with a signature cocktail of the evening with which to welcome our guests. Borrowing an idea from our favorite local watering hole, our friends were greeted at the door with our rendition of a "Ciccone Boom". (…)
In the 1880's, Pope Saint Pius X, Queen Victoria, and Pope Leo XIII all went on record in praise of a new wine - Vin Mariani. Valued for it's medicinal properties, Vin Mariani was a popular drink of the day made with Bordeaux wine…Bordeaux wine and cocaine, that is. Pope Leo XIII even went so far as to award a medal of excellence to the drink, as well as appearing in a poster endorsing its use. (…)
Think a wine tasting party has to be a stuffy affair? Not at all! The following are a few suggestions on how you can host a fun & casual wine tasting party of your own. (…)
The apes and monkeys of a Budapest zoo are regular red wine drinkers, officials of the zoo say.
Red table wine is administered in small doses, mixed with the animals tea, and is intended to boost the apes' red blood cells. "Obviously, they do not have it all at once and get drunk", says a spokesperson for the zoo. The 11 anthropoid apes reportedly go through 55 litres of the wine every year. (…)
Congratulations to J. Volpe of Glendale, CA. You are our winner for September in our monthly wine tote giveaway. (…)
Congratulation to S. Gibbs of Lilburn, GA. She is our winner for August in our monthly wine tote giveaway. For your chance to wine a free wine tote just sign up to be a Rhino Wino.
Cheers!
Congratulation to C. Baker of Dallas, TX. She is our winner for July in our monthly wine tote giveaway. For your chance to wine a free wine tote just sign up to be a Rhino Wino.
Cheers!
