Monthly Archives: March 2008
The American Wine Blog Awards
Over at Fermentation they are holding the American Wine Blog Awards. Good thing I found that tonight because I could not think of a damn thing to write about. Go take a look. It's a good blog, doing good things. About ...
Shepherd’s Pie – St. Patrick’s Day Recipe
Okay, I confess, this isn't really Shepherd's Pie, it is technically Cottage Pie. If you want Shepherd's Pie substitute the ground beef with ground lamb or, even better, leftover meat from a leg of lamb. I don't usually have ground ...
Pairing Food With Wine (and vice versa)
There is so much misinformation out there about how food and wine should be paired up. Let's start with the most widely stated "rule." We've all heard that red wine goes with red meat and white wine goes with fish ...
NASA Technology Benefits Wine Drinkers
I found this article about how technology developed for Mars is being applied to wine. This is just one more example of how NASA's technological breakthroughs often reap unexpected benefits. From the article: Here’s how the wine comes into play. A ...
Mayo Cabernet – Side-by-Side Comparison
I tasted two different vintages of Cabernet from one of my favorite wine makers side-by-side to see how they compared. This was a lot of fun, as you can imagine. To make it even more fun, the grapes were from ...