wine
What is the Best Aisle in the Store?
When you head out to your local grocery store, what aisle do you enjoy wandering down the most? I truly dislike shopping – even for groceries. Going to the store is absolutely painful for me. I grab a cart, rush up and down the various aisles and throw things into the basket. I have a [...]
What am I Drinking?!
Several people are already throwing out guesses as to what it was I had in that glass. What do you think?
Wine Time
According to some health experts, drinking a glass of wine every day is good for your heart: They didn’t really say how small the glass had to be, though! Okay, so perhaps a clarification was made at some point – but I’m going to pretend I didn’t read that part. This is a nurse LEGO [...]
Box Wine Myth
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There is often a bad perception surrounding box wine. People turn their noses up, feeling the quality couldn’t possibly be good. I’m not a wine snob – I’ll try anything at least once! I also am a person who lives alone [...]
Alcohol Abuse
Many of you likely think this post is going to be a rant about people who drink too much alcohol. You couldn’t be more wrong! I’m going to off on a tangent about something entirely different: those of us who don’t drink enough alcohol. So why didn’t I have enough wine? Patience, young grasshopper! If [...]
Have a Glass of Wine to Help Young Readers
Twitter’s Fledgling Initiative is about to give us all a good reason to have a glass of wine. Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have joined with Crushpad to create limited edition bottles of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to benefit Room to Read, an international effort to ensure all children have access to schools [...]
How to Make Wine Taste Better
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I am a Geek who happens to love gadgets, food and wine. When the folks at Nuance sent me their newest aerator to review, I jumped at the chance. You have to properly aerate a bottle of wine prior to drinking [...]
Centellino Wine Aerator / Decanter Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You know I love wines and wine gadgetry. For that reason, the people at Centellino sent me their newest aerator to review. Instead of drinking wine immediately after opening it, you want the wine to breathe. You use an aerator to [...]
Seattle Dinner at Black Pearl
It’s another Seattle Tweetup! Thought I’d show you a snapshot of what’s on the menu for tonight. This particular event is being hosted by BlackPearlSEA, NorthESea and Seattle_Events. I was too busy eating to write much, but Northeast Seattle Life has a nom-nopsis. Contributions for the event were provided by: BlackPearlSEA, NWTotemCellars and GRLakeWine. Also [...]
Seattle Wine Time!
Washington Wines are tasty! Tried @LatahCreekWine at #WAMerlot: very light, very smooth. Scrumdiddlyumptious! Tried “Shameless Hussy” @hardrow at #WAMerlot: sexy; it’s nibbling my tongue. Tried ’07 “Traditions” @milbrantvino at #WAMerlot: very cherry, calm splash against my twaste buds. Tried “Reserve” @MaryhillWinery at #WAMerlot: it’s like a summer day picnic without humidity or ants. Thanks, @SeaWineOutlet! [...]
Drink a Wine Before Its Time
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We normally talk tech in my live chat room. But, occasionally, we tend to talk of other things. One of those things happens to be fine wines. I enjoy a glass or two of wine at times… preferably a nice red [...]
Wine Coupons & Review of 2008 Mollydooker, The Boxer Shiraz
Maura Desimone has launched a new blog: My Wine Quest. Here is one of her first reviews… 2008 Mollydooker, The Boxer Shiraz Awarded 91 points by Wine Spectator I had this fabulous wine at Jak’s Grill in Seattle. They were offering it as a special. It had a big, bold fruity start, then a great [...]
Wine in Hawaii
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What type of wine is your favorite? I prefer reds, absolutely. Give me a good glass of Pinot or Cabernet and I’m a happy camper. While in Hawaii last week, I tasted three different reds while at Sergio’s in Honolulu… the [...]
