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Valentine’s Day Pair-Ups.
The most romantic weekend of the year starts Friday night with Valentine’s Day on Saturday. Men have to be prepared to meet the needs of their special loved one and there’s no better way than with some great chocolate and an appropriately paired bottle of wine. I have a few suggestions for the wines that pair [...]
Continue reading...Layer Cake Wines
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Layer Cake wines represent countries, people and traditions of craftsmanship. The wines are all rich, lush and complex expressions of a unique varietal from a place like no other. The three Layer Cakes we sampled were: Layer Cake Malbec, Layer Cake Cotes du Rhone, Layer Cake Primitivo aka Zinfandel All were big winners at [...]
Continue reading...A Taste of Elegance
Monday, February 2, 2009
A few more wines to get that “Taste of Elegance” in your life. 2007 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Semillon This wine sports a bright yellow-gold color and offers flavors of dried pear and apricot pit on the nose, with subtle beeswax and floral notes. Dry and focused, offering chewy orchard fruit and melon rind flavors, and picking up anise [...]
Continue reading...Wine, Cheese, and Video?
Monday, February 2, 2009
The January meeting of the Diamond Ridge Wine Club had a very “meaty” theme to it. I whipped up some tasty mini-meatballs and marinara sauce that seemed to be a hit with the members. We sampled a few Italian wines that went well with the little appetizers. If you check out the PFI Magazine soon you will [...]
Continue reading...Meatball Minis!
Monday, February 2, 2009
We served these mini meatballs at the club meeting and they were a big. People wanted the recipe and so here, it is: Mini Turkey Meatballs 1 package Butterball Fresh Seasoned Italian Style Ground Turkey (Wal-Mart carries this. If you can’t find it, regular ground dark turkey meat by Butterball will do). 1 pound 80/20 ground beef 1 egg ¼ [...]
Continue reading...Off to a good start in 09!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Check out some of the new wines for 09! 2007 Tait “The ball buster” This wine has earned 92 points from Robert Parke who writes: “Tait has been establishing a track record for hedonistically rendered wines at consumer friendly prices for several years. Previous vintages of this wine have been smash hits and the 2006 The Ball [...]
Continue reading...Which Wine for Turkey Day?
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. [...]
Continue reading...Wine and…Candy?
Monday, November 3, 2008
We had a great time at Thursday’s Diamond Market Wine Club meeting. We drank some great wine and even tried pairing Halloween candy with some of the red wines along with apples and caramel with some whites. By the time we got deep into the tastings, we really didn’t care what candy was being eaten with [...]
Continue reading...Get the Skinny on Matchbook Wines
Monday, October 27, 2008
One of the great things about blogging on wines is getting to taste some great stuff. One of my favorites that I hadn’t tried before joining up with Diamond Ridge is the Matchbook line of wines. The label has the unique look of burnt paper to enhance the wine’s name. So why choose the name [...]
Continue reading...Umberto Fiore 2007 Moscato d’Asti Italy
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The weather is changing. Sunset is coming earlier as the climate cools as we await the arrival of fall. That means our wine palette changes, too, as we move from the light, summer wines to the deeper, more hearty red wines that keep us warm on a winter’s night. Umberto Fiore Moscato d’Asti Before we say good-bye [...]
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Monday, February 9, 2009
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