Expectations: Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving day – friends, family, lots of food and wines. Culinary delight is definite part of the holiday – every possible ( and impossible) web site is full of new recipes to try and...
View ArticleThanksgiving Wine Pairings
As promised, this is follow up post to compare Thanksgiving expectations with experiences. When it comes to the food, the star of our table was dish called Turducken. First time I read about turducken...
View ArticleWine and Time
Of course time had being here forever, always moving, and always in one direction (someone, please prove me wrong!). Wine had being around for about 8,000 years, first appearing in the ancient Georgia...
View ArticleTaste Expectations, Or Notes From The Blind Tasting
If you had been drinking wine for a while, I would expect that you have developed certain taste expectations. As you drink the wines from the different regions, you find that the wines from the same...
View ArticleWednesday’s Meritage
Hello and welcome to the special Wednesday – Wine Blogging Wednesday #79 it is, a.k.a. #WBW79. Let’s start from the usual routine – the answer for the Wine Quiz #21 – Do you Know the King? Similar to...
View ArticleWeekly Wine Quiz #62: Wine Trivia – Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo grapes, picture from Wikipedia Welcome to the weekend! Your new wine quiz has arrived. Today our subject is the Italian grape called Nebbiolo – a power grape of Piedmont, solely responsible...
View ArticleLong Overdue–Notes From Michal Skurnik Wine Tasting
Yes, this post is long overdue, as I hinted that it’s coming a while back. Better late then never, right? Here it is. Let’s say in you are in a wine store. Bottles, bottles are everywhere. Sometimes...
View ArticleFollowing Wines Til Sold Out – Anything Goes Marathon, September 2015
It was a while since I posted one of these, but when I saw the announcement for the Wine Til Sold Out “Anything Goes” marathon, somehow I felt inclined to collect the data and create this post. As...
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