There were over 50 participants in this month's Wine Blogging Wednesday, which focussed on Petit Sirah! Our gracious hostess for this round, Sonadora of Wannabe Wino, has painstakingly composed an...
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I was really excited about this month's theme for Wine Blogging Wednesday: Petit Sirah, as picked by Sonadora of Wannabe Wino. Petit Sirah has a very loyal following and it was exciting to see how...
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I'm going to let you in on a little secret: today's my birthday. (Shhh!) Now, due to crazy work schedules, we won't be celebrating it until Sunday, so I still have a little time to decide...
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Wednesday afternoon I attended a wine tasting put on by one of the wine distributors. It was a work-related tasting, but that doesn't mean it wasn't fun. I tasted a few really great bottles...
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I'm just making the deadline for my very first Wine Blogging Wednesday. If you're not familiar with it, it's an online wine tasting that Lenn Thompson of Lenndevours began in 2004. One...
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by tammy on June 16, 2007
So, this was nice to read. I guess I'm not the only ugly American who has not been won over by the influx of screwcaps we now see on so many wine bottles these days. This article from Decanter.com...
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by tammy on June 02, 2007
The heat is on, or at least it will be soon as the temperature rises in most of the world (though, yes, I realize not all). Some of the younger crowd may be thinking bikini time. Then there are...
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by tammy on May 26, 2007
Frozen drinks are always popular, especially when the temperatures start climbing. Normally, you don't see this so much with wine, though, right? Think again. According to the article at Wine...
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by tammy on May 18, 2007
We often hear about having issues with pairing Chinese food with wines. Normally sweeter wines, like Rieslings, will do for this, but part of the problem is that Chinese food should be paired with...
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by tammy on May 17, 2007
I just read an excellent article from Laurie Daniel (To avoid being in a wine rut, be open to experimentation) about the importance of branching out now and then with your wine choices: We can't...
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by tammy on April 26, 2007
With warm weather starting to come most people's way - unless you live on the opposite side of the world - but let's just not go there now - many of us are thinking of packing away our winter...
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by tammy on April 12, 2007
New York has all kinds of wineries, and Long Island is not exception. Wine lover and writer Lenn Thompson, in fact, says that now is the time to jump on some of the good grape juice coming from this...
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by tammy on March 17, 2007
Happy St. Patrick's Day! As an old Catholic school girl from way back, this is one of my favorite holidays! On this day, you'll see a lot slurping down green beer while eating corn beef and...
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by tammy on March 01, 2007
Well, darn it! I totally missed Open that Bottle Night. In fact, I didn't even know it existed until I read this article in the Democrat & Chronicle about it: I hope that all wine lovers out...
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by tammy on January 22, 2007
Our weekly wine tasting ritual in our house is to have a mini-wine tasting, party of two, on Saturday nights. We usually select two wines from one of our wine of month clubs. However, this past...
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by tammy on December 25, 2006
I just wanted to send a "Cheers" out to the Celebrate Wine readers out there. I hope you are all enjoying your day, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. Merry Christmas!......
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by tammy on December 18, 2006
It's been a while sense I've been wine blog cruising, wait too long.... Grape Thoughts is thinking about wine for gift giving and suggests a gift box of Dom Perrion. Basic Juice says cost...
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by tammy on December 16, 2006
I may have to copy this guy, Edward Deitch, the wine columnist for The Today Show. He's got a list (pretty long too) of his favorite wines from 2006. Here are just a few: The whites: Domaine...
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by tammy on December 08, 2006
Of course, I've finally given up to the idea that corks will make a come back, and I am regularly buying wine now with screwcaps. However, I still haven't had been in the situation yet where...
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by tammy on December 07, 2006
I heard from the AOL food folks recently about a cheapo wine tasting they just completed: It's our first annual list of Top 5 Wines at $5.99 (or less), timed with the holiday entertaining season...
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by tammy on November 26, 2006
Thanksgiving is over but we still have more holidays on the horizon. That means lots of great food, and for most people, enjoying friends and family with a bottle of wine or maybe two bottles. Our...
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by tammy on November 24, 2006
I was curious about what other wine bloggers where doing yesterday during the holiday, so I took some time to do a little blog surfing. Basic Juice talks about the issues of pairing wine with turkey....
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