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AlcoHOLidays | Brazilian Independence Day | The Samba
Closed Published by Jennifer Walker September 7th, 2012 in Cocktails, Recipes, Reviews, Sips & Shots, Wines.Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to our next cocktail series, aptly titled AlcoHOLidays.
See what I did there? Of course you do! After all, you’re incredibly intelligent (I mean, you must be, you read this blog!) and it’s too early to be that far into your cups already, right?
So for this series we’ll be taking a look at holidays from …
[more...]Meet the Rosés | Gazela Rosé
Closed Published by Jennifer Walker August 31st, 2012 in Reviews, Sips & Shots, Wines.Our last stop on the rosé-glasses tour is Portugal, with the surprising Gazela Rosé.
Surprising for a couple of reasons, in fact. First, when I opened the bottle there was a hint of effervescence, something I was (obviously) not expecting but not something I minded either. The next, immediate, thing I noticed was that the scent of the wine …
[more...]Meet the Roses | Angove’s Nine Vines Rosé
Closed Published by Jennifer Walker August 24th, 2012 in Reviews, Sips & Shots, Wines.By the time I got home, last night, I was more than ready to kick off my shoes (ironic, as I’d just been to the opening of our local DSW and found the holy grail of show shopping: red tag clearance on Nine West kitten heels) and pour myself a glass of something tasty.
But what would it be? We …
[more...]Meet the Roses | Beringer White Zinfandel
1 Comment Published by Jennifer Walker August 17th, 2012 in California Wines, Sips & Shots.
Many, many years ago I was at some local event with my then-boyfriend (seriously, no clue why we were there; concert? party?) and they had a cash bar.* This was before I discovered my love of red wines and well before Pinot Noir was as plentiful as it is, today, so I asked if they had white wine. They did. …
Total Wines & More – The Next Generation
Closed Published by Karyn Zoldan August 11th, 2012 in Chewish TUCSON, Food for Thought, Out and About in Tucson, Wines.
Tempranillo varietal wine bottle and glass, showing colour Shot with Nikon D70s (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This sounds like the sequel to Batman but it’s not. Total Wines & More, a big box wine chain, will open a second Tucson store located at 5870 E. Broadway on August 23
The Next Generation means the store offers an uber tech experience such …
[more...]Meet the Rosés | Volére Rosé
Closed Published by Jennifer Walker August 10th, 2012 in Foodie Gift Ideas, Sips & Shots, Wine Tips.So we’re kicking off our Rosé reviews with something I never thought I’d utter on this blog:
a box wine
Wait! Before you go, here me out?
Many of us who love wine, even those of us who love wine on an “unsophisticated” level, love the process that goes with the wine. The foil cover, the corkscrew, the cork. Letting …
[more...]Meet the Wines: What IS Rosé
Closed Published by Jennifer Walker August 3rd, 2012 in Sips & Shots, Wines.We’ve done the reds, we’ve done the whites, now it’s time to tread the middle and meet the Rosés.
Rosés (Spanish: rosado, Italian: rosato, N.America: sometimes blush) are, generally speaking, a wine with more of a white wine profile from traditionally red wine grapes. And Rosé can be produced in three ways–two of which I knew about.
- Skin Contact starts
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Future wine trends circa 2200
Closed Published by Karyn Zoldan June 26th, 2012 in Food for Thought, Guest Food Bloggers, Opinions, Wine Tips, Wines.Do you want to know what is on the horizon as far as wine trends? The following was submitted by guest blogger Joe Gilmour. Thank you Mr. Gilmour.
Future wine trends circa 2200 by Joe Gilmour
Assuming we are not consuming all of our meals and liquids in powdered form in the 23rd century, …
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