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The Holiday Party: Or How Not to Throw up on Your Boss
The annual “Holiday” party can be a great way to enjoy some food and drink; socialize with your coworkers and dance late into the evening, all on the company dime. But these outings are also fraught with peril. Here are some tips to keep from making a fool of yourself — or worse!
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Thanksgiving: It’s Not Always about the Food
Thanksgiving in our family is always a dilemma — Joe wants to host everyone at our house, and my brother wants to host everyone at his. Before my father died, it was always at my parents’ house. My mother would slave over the stove all day, invariably wearing herself out. We would have enough food to feed half the neighborhood with plenty of leftovers. My mother grew up poor, so she has this special relationship with food.
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Easy Holiday Banana Bread
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Hostess Gift-Giving: Planet Friendly Wine Bags will Travel!
Here at Another Wine Blog, we try to do our best to recycle. Leftover wine becomes a reduction sauce for meat, or a great addition to some zesty barbecue sauce! We found a beautiful wine gift bag you can give and then track its travels!
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Labor Day and the Work of the Vineyard
To depart from the multiple posts you’ll find on which wines to pair with your Labor Day celebration (Burgers and Syrah, chicken and Chardonnay, grilled seafood and Torrontés, and if you haven’t been hit by the recession: steak and Cabernet Sauvignon or grilled lamb and Bordeaux) I thought we’d talk about “the true meaning of Labor Day.”
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Fourth of July Wine Deal Ends in 4 Days!
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Father’s Day Treasures…
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Give Birth to Your Own Little Sommelier
“We were in our wine cave doing a barrel tasting with a couple from Houston. The cave reminded us of that special place for prenatal development. We looked at our barrel wine extractor, and it made us think of a turkey baster — and Voilà, the idea was ‘born!’ so to speak!” said Rueben, spokeschicken for El Jefe Twisted.
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Didn’t I say not to go out for Valentine’s Day?
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Be Mine? Gift Ideas for Your Wine Valentine
I know you’d love to go into one of the many naughty or next-to-naughty lingerie shops and purchase some “barely there” outfit for your lady for Valentine’s Day. That’s fine, if you understand it is your Valentine’s gift to yourself! Keep in mind if you’d like to enjoy the Valentine’s evening — buy her something, for her!