Monthly Archives: May 2009

Be a Home Superstar Chef (Part 7 – Pork Chops)

This is part 7 of our on-going Home Superstar Chef series. The previous posts in this series were Part 1 - Good Pans, Part 2 - Shallots, Part 3 - Pine Nuts, Part 4 - Knives, and Part 5 ...

Unconventional Wine Regions

If grapes can be grown somewhere, it seems that there is always someone who will proclaim it the new hot wine region. Climate change is wreaking havoc on some traditional growing regions, while it simultaneously creates new ones in unexpected ...

“Bloggerships” Available for Needy Winos!

Last year we attended the first annual North American Wine Blogger Conference at The Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, California. It was an incredible deal! For just $95 each (as citizen bloggers), we enjoyed a fabulous vineyard tour, live ...

Drinking well in tough times

Below is a video from Wine Spectator with some tips for drinking good wine at a decent price. These days that becomes more and more of a priority. Times are tough all over. The video has some good ideas before ...

Decanting: Take Your Wine for a Little Spin

Joe is notorious for his suspicion of all unsolicited marketing e-mail and press releases. Back when he wrote most of the posts on the blog, Joe tended to either hit "Delete" or send a reply that would pretty much guarantee ...