What’s this? A white wine? In honor of the white snow? Or perhaps because I wish I were in Argentina – from whence this wine comes – soaking up the summer sun rather than New England surrounded by a foot of fresh snow at this moment? I’m not sure I can come up with an… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Wine, Drinks & Cocktails
P is for Party and Prosecco: Cavit Lunetta Prosecco
And P is also for Pizza, which, if you’re trying to figure out a low-cost party concept for the holidays, happens to pair well with Prosecco. I’ve long been a fan of Prosecco, Italy’s sparkling white wine, and would always serve a cocktail of limoncello and Prosecco to dinner guests as they’d arrive at my… Continue Reading
2005 Sassotondo Ciliegiolo Maremma Toscana IGT
Back when we had just a wee bit more money, JR and I traveled to Italy. Our first trip was in the spring of 2001. It was JR’s birthday, and originally I had wanted to take him to Key West for a long weekend, figuring it would be warm, festive, and I hadn’t been there… Continue Reading
Finca el Origen 2007 Reserva Malbec
While Argentines ponder whether their popular Vice President, Julio Cobos, will be asked to resign by their unpopular President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, for voting against her initiative to raise taxes on farm exports this past July, you and I are free to ponder how this $10.99 Reserve Malbec from Argentina’s Uco Valley got to… Continue Reading
Novello est arrivé! Oh, no, wait. That should be Novello è arrivato!
This is the third Thursday in November, and while you all may be thinking that marks the one week countdown to Thanksgiving – which is correct, of course – but while you are thinking this, the wine world is flipping its collective lid (or popping its collective cork, however you’d like to think of it)… Continue Reading