This is our new favorite house wine for just about any dish! You know, I always only thought of Beaujolais Nouveau, which is produced once a year in France around October or November and is generally associated with Thanksgiving here in the U.S. But low and behold, I was missing out. Beaujolais is […]

On Friday evening after a long week, I can’t think of anything better than topping off your week with a bottle of bubbly. We just happened to have a Monopole Blue Top Champagne Brut by Heidsieck & Company that retails for a mere $29.99. I know it is a non-vintage, but the taste […]

To sum it up in one word – “SUMPTIOUS!” That is what Clos Marion 2005 “Fixin” Grand Vin de Bourgogne tastes like to me. WOW – what a wine! It shouts strawberry fields forever with a hint of cherries and tobacco to remind us ex-smokers out there of what we miss sometimes. […]

Since we have pretty much determined that we are not going to be able to go to the Wine Bloggers Conference in Portugal this year, I decided we should at least taste some of the wines from that region. So, I picked out a couple at the Austin Wine Merchant this past weekend and […]

Well, it’s July in Texas, and we’re nearing our 30th day over 100 degrees. In weather like this, red wine seems like an enemy, and all I want to drink is white or rose. As such, we’ve been trying a fair amount of cheap whites as a nighttime beverage.
One of my favorites so […]

I must admit — I like my birthday! I know some people dread their birthdays and are all hum glum because they are a year older and are showing it, perhaps, in a physical fashion, so they tend be depressed about them. I, on the other hand, look forward to my birthday and, […]

We wanted to try several wines for Wine Blogging Wednesday (WBW), so we started with Champagne from Georges Lacombe. The Grande Cuvee is a tart, food-needy Champers. It’s bright, floral, with coarse bubbles. There are other bubbles that you can get for this price ($25) that might score higher, but this is […]

Brunch wine: 10-1 pm. Spritz with Grapefruit out the “wazoo.” Quite lovely, really. Again, a morning wine—would go wonderfully w/frittata. Smells like yeast and sunshine. Celery. It’s a “got up Sunday morning and spent too much money on shoes wine.” The shoes are open-toed w/heels.

I am not much of a horse race fan. Maybe it is because I grew up in Texas where rodeo was big, but for horse racing you had to drive to Louisiana. But the Triple Crown is different. It has more than enough pageantry, funny hats, beautiful horses, beautiful women, and hoopla […]

The summer heat has arrived early in Austin, making me think about the white wines of summer. This past Friday, the WineEnabler crew got together and put several white wines to the test.
The six wines we tasted were Michel Redde La Moynerie Pouilly-Fumé 2005 ($11.25!), Oro de Castilla Verdejo 2007 ($13.99), Pieropan Soave Classico […]