Calling all REAL wine drinkers…by REAL I mean adventuresome, ready to jump outside your box and ready to drink some REALLY fantastic wine. I don’t want to hear any, “I don’t drink that ____ ” from anyone tonite! Tonite I will be at Pairings Wine Market in Minnetonka pouring some beautiful Croatian wines. The winery,… Continue
Review of Another Super Sexy Merlot This week while drinking through a great assortment of Super Sexy Merlots, my husband and I stumbled across this one…Pine Ridge’s 2003 Crimson Creek Merlot. With a cellar chucked full of Pine Ridge’s wines from my days of working with the winery, I rarely look towards some of the… Continue
Merlot, poor baby Merlot – tossed aside and what we thought…would be left for dead…after one silly line from a movie “I’m not drinking any f- Merlot!” Well, she’s comin’ back and in a SUPER SEXY WAY! Last Monday night, March 1st, I taught a fun class called: The Queen of Grapes ~ Merlot @ my… Continue
Family Meschini Talks Malbec, Mendoza and their LOVE for their family-owned Argentine Winery. In a country like the U.S., already chucked full of Minnesota based or born Winemakers, we’re still finding MORE! Minneapolis couple talks Malbec, Mendoza, and their LOVE for the wines that they produce from their Argentinian Winery. Meschini Winery, family owned and… Continue
Last week at a popular series of Twin Cities Wine Classes that myself and pal, Anissa Gurstel of Pairings Wine Market, teach at one of Minneapolis’s newest hot wine retail spots – Pairings Food & Wine Market, named GIRLS GONE WINE – a brand new wine and a brand new winery from Croatia was unveiled. … Continue
Minneapolis Sommelier Reviews Croatia’s Top Wines
In the dead of the winter, when spring seems still like months and months away, all Minnesotans need to enjoy the little things in life to keep them going. For me, it’s good food and good wine. Last nite, I enjoyed just that. With a Saturday nite off, a very rare experience for me, my… Continue
With a slew of fabulous recipes and 7 (yes, 7!) different wines to pair, last nite’s food and wine pairing class: Que Syrah, Sirah, Shiraz! was a hit. While I teach across the Twin Cities with an array of unbelievably talented chefs, some of my favorite and also most popular classes are taught at COOKS… Continue
Sokol Blosser Winery ~ Willamette Valley, Oregon The Wine: Sokol Blosser Meditrina My take: This an awesome blend of Pinot Noir, Zinfandel + Syrah. A really lovely wine for the season and on the shelf for right around $20- great value! Spicy and fabulous with pizza, grilled items or even dark chocolate in the bath… Continue
Wine Homework: 2008 Orin Swift ‘The Prisoner’ The wine: 46% Zinfandel, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 10% Petite Sirah, 2% Charbono, 1% Grenache Region: Napa, CA How I came to drink it: Everyone, I mean EVERYONE kept saying, ‘Have you had it?’, ‘It’s the best wine ever!’, ‘Leslee you HAVE to have it!’ – and… Continue
In recent weeks, I have had many requests for this ever so-popular growing category… Wines for $10 and Under. Here’s a great example of a question that was received from a Mr. Scrooge McDuck (not kidding!) in a recent blog: “I am a cheap son of a gun. What is your vote for the best… Continue
A great way to spend your buck wisely… While many are looking for those wines that $10 are under, here is a fabulous answer to a gorgeous Chardonnay. Yum! Fabulous as a mid winter treat and a great way to start Valentine’s Day early!