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!
There’s a reason why I’m in the industry I am. I don’t pretend to play a part other than anything that I am when it comes to being a wine drinker and I definitely never deter folks from enjoying wine for what it is ~ grape juice. There’s a beauty to my industry that many… Continue
Barbera, a fun little red grape. Known for many centuries as the ‘peasant’s wine’ in the famed region of Piedmont, located in the NW section of Italy. While it only sits second place to Italy’s most widely planted red grape: Sangiovese – many know Barbera as a very popular easy-drinking red. When I teach classes,… Continue
Once again, Brett Favre has stuck it to the American public. Laughing his tail off all the way to the bank with his new contract with Sears, media hits left and right, and with a name googled more times than Michael Jackson right now – I hate to say this to you Vikings Fans – I TOLD… Continue
Homework, homework…hard life, but someone’s got to do it. Tonight, it’s a bottle that I picked up at my new favorite bottle shop in Minnetonka – corner of Hwy 169 and Shady Oak Rd, in between Eden Prairie and Minnetonka – a spot called Pairings Food & Wine Market www.pairingsfoodandwine.com About the coolest couple of peeps… Continue
Survival of the fittest they say, right? Well, only the strong drink pink is what I say! Here we are again, another spring season and another vintage struggling to make folks understand in the great state of Minnesota – just how lovely PINK can be. I watch as some of my favorite wine shops pile… Continue
I know, I know – my homework sounds awful doesn’t it? Sitting around drinking wine and wondering how I’ll write up my next evaluation? Sometimes it takes more than one glass to get the descriptions rolling but once they do – look out! This weekend, I visited a local bottle shop in Bloomington – MGM… Continue
Richard Childress, hot rod on the NASCAR circuit, is just another case in point as to those who should stick to their profession, the one that made them money! Not, wine making. Seriously, take a look at this guy – really? Obviously has time to safari hunt, why would he waste time sinking his money… Continue
I just had to take the time this morning to jot a quick ‘thanks’ for all who made my ABC’s of wine class a smash hit last nite at Cook’s of Crocus Hill in St. Paul. With 30 folks in attendance, almost 95% of those who came were brand new faces to an Amusée wine class. With… Continue