Tag Archive | "Red Wine"
Swirl ‘n’ Sniff Your Wine!
Dummies.com has a great section on wine, wine testing and everything else associated with wine. Here is the site’s advise on sniffing wine! Also, don’t forget to check out our wine online…Click Here! Swirl ‘n’ sniff To get the most out of your wine sniffing, you swirl the wine in the glass first. Don’t even think [...]
Continue reading...Wine Club Meeting!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
With a big crowd seated inside the Diamond Ridge Market Thursday, we all enjoyed some great wines. I’ve finally figured out that the wine club members love reds so five of the six we offered them were reds, everything from Dornfelder to a deep Shiraz. We also started introducing members to Missouri’s red wines, not [...]
Continue reading...Getting Ready for St. Patricks Day.
Monday, March 16, 2009
I spent a little time downtown this weekend taking in local theater and getting a jump on the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. One of our regular stops downtown is the Mud Lounge, where adults can go for a quiet drink and not be bombarded by heavy metal music and screaming adult-wanna-bes. The wine list there is limited [...]
Continue reading...Beef & Wine Stew
Monday, January 12, 2009
This is a great beef stew that includes the use of red wine. While many might skimp on the type of red wine used in the recipe, you should use a wine that you would normally drink. The difference is noticeable. BEEF AND WINE STEW * 1 1/2 pounds stew beef [...]
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...For Your Consideration: California Does Wine!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
For Your Consideration… Cline Big Break Zinfandel 2006 This is a great California red wine. Eucalyptus mint, firm structure and exotic spice are key elements. A robust wine, the wine reveals crisp, dark wild berries, hints of dark chocolate with vanilla and spicy oak. A distinct dusty berry character (reminiscent of picking wild black berries in the [...]
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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