Sunday, February 28, 2010
As promised, I return to the theme of non-alcoholic wine with one I’ve tasted myself. I have to say, the real thing is much better. Maybe I’m getting more fussy as I learn to distinguish flavors and aromas which are often subtly present in finely crafted drinks from established wineries, but the Carl Jung [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Pomegranate juice is supposed to be a wonderful antioxidant. This juice is certainly flavorful and strong like cranberry juice or red grape juice. It also forms a great base for a wine cocktail. What wine does the antioxidant qualities of the juice, who knows, but this isn’t a health and nutrition blog. For the [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
If there’s one thing my daughter Faye has always wanted to do when we go shopping, it’s to try the many different styles of cheese available at the deli. Taking her to Gourt’s Gouda in Salmon Arm is just taunting her, really, but you’ve gotta do these things at least once (and then you have [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot: these dominate local red wine choices when I go to restaurants (which isn’t often). These wines are notably dry but popular, hence their presence. The wine which, for me, does not get the press it deserves is Malbec. It’s not a new wine. France once produced a grape known as ‘cot’, [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
I have a wine rack sadly lacking in any sort of sparkling wine or champagne. This is because my perception is all champagne is sweet and bubbly not dry and oakey like I like wine to be. A friend of mine is a big fan of champagne and asked me to give it another try. [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
I decided to get a bottle of the Merlot from the Canyon Road folks out in California for the wine rack basically because I liked the bottle. It’s a pretty forest green, slim and tall with a blue and silver label. There are no silly rural scenes on the label just a pretty geometric pattern. [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
Have you ever tried to access a website which looked really interesting or helpful, only to discover that you needed to be a code-breaker to enter that site? No noticable ‘enter’ or ‘contact’ or even ‘help, my computer literacy age is 2 1/2′? At ‘Smashing Magazine’ they know how you feel, and have come [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wine reviews aiming to defy the ‘snob factor’ which says that good wine is expensive wine would say that you can find a gem at a low price. Thankfully, that’s about all I can afford most of the time, so if there’s a gem to be found, I’m your girl. The benefit is that [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
According to the ‘Palate Press’ (who write about other stuff besides the Haiti auction by the way), Quady of Central California was voted as best US Winery in the 2009 London International Wine and Spirits Competition. Quady himself was surprised, but apparently these dessert wines do well in the UK. I was especially surprised [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Reviewing the Palate Press Haiti Wine Auction is an on-going fascination of mine, as the ‘SOLD’ signs keep popping up in red, and lots continue to be donated. From time to time I puzzle over what bidders will bid for and why certain items are valued so highly. For example, why was a magnum [...]
