Kevin and I enjoy hosting parties. Tomorrow night we're hosting our first dinner party where family ... and wine pairing. With this menu, I'm really leaning towards a Reisling, but my instincts are usually dead wrong on this sort of thing. So we're taking suggestions!  Let me know what sort of wine you'd pair with this menu. The solution? Our neighborhood wine professional, JP, suggested some wonderful...

Attending a wine tasting event is a wonderful way to taste a variety of wines without having to spend a ton of money or get totally wasted. While I admit, I'm not into spitting (girls are taught not to spit!),... Continue...

My friends Bill and Rusty hosted a most excellent dinner the other night for their neighborhood wine group, and (guess what?) Twisted Oak was poured. I was invited so that I could explain the wines (easy), explain the Rubber Chickens...

... conserve flavour supported by drying tannins. Good dinner wine, excellent value for money. Hay Shed Hill ... porty undertones. Style would suit winter dinner main courses. Penfolds RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz 2003...

by Martin Field Chapel Hill Unwooded Chardonnay 2005 – around $14 (Australian dollars) Fresh grapey juicy nose. Youthful and refreshing in the mouth, showing bags of ripe fruit – dried pears? and zingy acidity. Excellent as a chilled luncheon aperitif....

In October of 2005, I made a wine from a Wine Kitz kit: Coupage de Soleil, which I reviewed here . Yesterday, I decided to open a bottle and here’s my tasting notes: Bouquet: dark cherry and blossoms. On The Tongue: black cherry, black currant and pepper. Excellent mouth feel. I personally enjoyed this wine very much...

... liqueured plums and vanilla. Good dining wine. Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz ... wine full of blackberry flavours and showing considerable alcoholic (15.5%) warmth. I served the wine masked and the tasters agreed that they’d have preferred more tannin and acid to complement...

Back again to the wine blogosphere folks. Just as there are lots of great wines out there - there are also lots of great blogs with wine info out there on the web. First, Basic Juice reminds us of the... Continue...

I'm not really sure why wine etiquette would be different for men than for women, so I was intrigued with this web page from Mirassou winery. Then again, I can't think of a time where I've been in some high... Continue...

I've only recently become a coffee drinker. In fact, I'm still kind of a coffee wuss. It takes me about a half hour at most fancy coffee places to order a cup of something, while it takes me about five... Continue .