Archive for the 'Wine' Category
Williamsburg Winery Dominion 1996 Late Harvest Vidal
My mother-in-law discovered this wine while cleaning. Apparently, she bought it awhile ago planning on giving it as a gift to her mother. Thinking it to be perhaps too old she was planning on throwing it out, but my wife convinced her to let us have it instead. Clearly a good save … this is […]
Read More..>>High Note 2007 Elevated Malbec
This wine caught my eye because of the brilliant marketing of it as being “elevated” … as if this some big deal. To be honest, I don’t have much experience with Malbecs. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve tried less than a dozen Malbecs in the last two years.
High Note 2007 Elevated […]
Viña Alarba 2006 Old Vines Grenache & chocolate
When I first got into wine, I was obsessed with finding a good bargain. I knew there were plenty of complex and interesting wines in the $50+ price range, but I’ve always wanted to find a good wine at $8 that tastes like a $50 bottle. Last summer I stumbled across the 2005 vintage of […]
Read More..>>EOS 2005 Petite Sirah
About a month ago I found this wine at the Mustard Seed grocery store. Despite the wide selection of beers, I found their wine selection to be rather small. Certainly the Mustard Seed’s selection was more varied than your standard neighborhood grocery store, but very little shelf-space was dedicated to wine. At the time I […]
Read More..>>Turkey Flat 2005 Butchers Block
I found this wine in South Carolina at a wine store while visiting family. I had heard that the Turkey Flat Shiraz was outstanding and while they didn’t carry it they did have the Butchers Block.
Turkey Flat 2005 Butchers Block GSM
Butchers Block comes from the Barossa Valley in Australia. This is a red blend of […]
Bogle 2006 Petite Sirah
I’ve been really into petite sirah wines as of late. Many of the ones I’ve had from California are good and they aren’t super expensive. I’ve seen the Bogle petite sirah many times at my local grocery store, but I’ve never bothered to try it out, well, until now …
Bogle Vineyards 2006 Petite Sirah - […]
Read More..>>Trinitas 2005 Petite Sirah
I picked up this bottle of petite sirah down in South Carolina while I was visiting with family over the holidays. I believe there was some kind of tag attached to the wine saying it was “Doug’s Pick of the Week” or something like that. Trinitas is latin for trinity, the writing on the […]
Read More..>>Arnold Palmer 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
I received this wine as a gift from my radio station buddy Drew on Christmas night. As a matter of habit I typically start typing up these posts before I try the wine. Thank you Drew for the opportunity to try this wine, and if I don’t like it, please know that I’m very appreciative […]
Read More..>>Urano 2006 Syrah
Urano comes from the Eral Bravo winery in Mendoza, Argentina. I received this as a gift this holiday season and I believe it was purchased at Heinen’s and was recommended by their wine steward. As I’m writing this post the wine is decanting in a large Bordeaux glass. It’s possible that I won’t like this […]
Read More..>>Curried Udon Stir-fry, Avocado-carrot sushi and 14 Hands Riesling pairing
Tonight I attempted to make a vegan recipe from Sarah’s new cookbook Veganomicon. I started by preparing the curry roux sauce, which consists of a mixture of flour, curry, and peanut oil. I didn’t have peanut oil so I used a combination of crushed peanuts and olive oil. This tangent from the recipe was probably […]
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