Here’s a simple way to open that champagne bottle on New Year’s Eve: 1. Every bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine (with a few low-end exceptions) has foil wrapped around the outside of the cage. In the old days, some foil was lead-lined to keep mice from eating into the cork of wine, but in modern [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 29, 2008
Here we are approaching the end of the year. This will be the last wine blog for the year. There will be plenty of wine to taste and write about in 2009 and I can’t wait. I wanted to take a few minutes to thank all the folks at PFI and the Diamond Ridge Market [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
To the 31 people who helped us set a record for attendance at the Diamond Ridge Wine Club meeting last week, thanks so much. For those who didn’t make it, you don’t know what you missed. It was our best meeting by far. We tasted a lot of good wine, exchanged tips on holiday hosting [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
There’s probably no greater variety of food served at a single meal than during a Thanksgiving Day feast. There are a variety of appetizers, cakes, cookies, pies, dips, white and dark turkey meat, stuffing, different sorts of potatoes, breads of all kinds, relish trays, cranberry sauce and enough vegetable dishes to fill a barrel. [...]
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Monday, December 29, 2008
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