Tomorrow we are on our way to Portland, Oregon to the 2012 North American Wine Bloggers Conference.  We were lucky enough to attend the first one in Sonoma in 2008, and it was a hoot, so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to attend the one hosted in Oregon, […]

In 2008, at the first North American Wine Blogger’s Conference, Alice Feiring gave a of the keynote.  She closed her talk with the advice to “drink more Gamay.  I am not sure that she is only reason that we have been drinking Gamay, but I know that we have […]

We tried 3 different wines this past week of interesting finds that we could recommend to just about anyone.  Of course, these were in addition to our usual standbys that we share with our friends.
First, we had a white Chateaneuf from Alain Jaume, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Terron 2009.  The wine […]

Since Neil is writing a book on The History of Texas Wine we’ve been conducting some background research, so we went on a fact finding mission a couple of weeks ago.  We chose the Hill Country Wine Trail, frankly, because it is closest to our house out of all […]

I have been working on a book about the history of Texas wine for what seems like an eternity (even longer according to my publisher).  There were lots of reasons for the delay: I had a very large project at my day job; we had some family issues that […]

I never drink this wine without flashing back to the scene in Silence of the Lambs where Hannibal Lecter tells Clarise that he “…ate his liver with some fava beans and a fine chianti.”  I mean that scene conjures up some fairly grotesque images in the mind; therefore, I […]

The Israeli restaurant, Zahav, was not the only culinary adventure we had while in Philadelphia.  The first day we arrived, we walked to Rittenhouse Park and had the pleasure of dining at Parc – Restaurant, Bistro & Café on the square.  As I am sure you can surmise it […]

We had an interesting and unusual wining and dining experience last night.  We were visiting our wonderful friend and webmaster, Michael Waring, and had reservations at Zahav, a really hot Israeli restaurant on Society Hill in the Old Center City of Philadelphia.  A super friendly chap was the sommelier […]

After gardening all morning, we decided to kick back at The Grove and have a flight and some appetizers for lunch.  It was spectacular!  Here’s a recap of our lovely lunch.
 2009 Etz Gruner Veltliner
Kamptal, Austria
This wine was cool and clean with a spicy finish – just enough.  It went […]

A couple of months ago, I came home to a nice surprise from UPS.  It was a package from the famous Biltmore Estate Winery in Asheville, North Carolina.  They had shipped WineEnabler a bottle of their bubbly and a bottle of their white table wine.  Recently, we decided to […]