My Husband’s Favorite Kind of Chardonnay, And I Like it Too!
I’m usually afraid of Napa Chardonnay. I know I know … that sounds snobbish. It’s just that many Napa Chardonnays are way overdone! Too much oak masking the fruit makes me very uninterested. The other...
View ArticleAre You Waiting to Arise??? Meet Blackbird Vineyard’s Arise!
I’ve always been a Right Bank kind of girl. Now don’t get me wrong, I love wines from the Left Bank as well. How the heck could anyone not???? But for me there is just something about the smooth, easy...
View ArticleLooking for a GREAT Napa Syrah???
Oh boy! I opened a bottle of wine last night that I absolutely love! A few weeks ago a friend brought over a Bedrock Wine Co. Cabernet Sauvignon and I really enjoyed it. I liked it so much that when I...
View ArticleLooking for a “Green” Winery With Wonderful Wines??? Check Out Frog’s Leap!
My husband and I recently returned from another adventure in Napa and Sonoma. Our goal was to visit wineries we’d never hit before, and for the most part that’s what we did. There’s one winery,...
View ArticleWhere Were YOU in 1980?
Drinking a great old vintage of wine can be a lot of fun, and can also take us back in time. I love thinking of the grapes growing and the people who picked them. I also think of the winemaker and his...
View ArticleLooking for a Top Notch Wine Without Spending a Fortune?
Sometimes you just want to open up a really nice wine, but you don’t want to spend a fortune. Am I right??? That’s the perfect time to crack open a 2nd label!!! Top wineries and chateaux blend together...
View ArticleWho’s Looking for a GREAT Value Chardonnay???
Good wine isn’t always expensive. The chatter of fine wine needing to cost a lot of money often frustrates me. Do I love some pricey wines? Sure I do. But there is nothing better than finding a...
View ArticleHere’s the “Tell” on Patel!
I’m a Right Bank kind of girl. Don’t get me wrong. I love the power and elegance of a great Cabernet Sauvignon and the wines of the Left Bank. There’s some reason, however, that I’ve always had a soft...
View ArticleMVP Wine from Charles Woodson!
I make no secret of my love of wine AND football! My friends, family and colleagues know that I’m pretty much obsessed with both! So when I discovered that one of my favorite players of all time, who...
View ArticleMore to Napa Than Cab Sauv? Oh Yes!
There’s a lot more to Napa than Cabernet Sauvignon. Oh sure, Napa knows how to do “Cab”, but there are a lot of varietals that perform well in this famous Northern California AVA. Last month I attended...
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