Jack was a big, black ball of fur, half-chow and half black lab. He had the ability to scare adults with his size and his dark fur and eyes, but kids were not fooled. He would stand tall, wagging his tail happily, as child after child threw their arms around his neck and hugged his thick, furry neck.
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Last Day to Vote for 2009 Foodbuzz Blog Awards!
It’s the LAST DAY to vote for your favorite food and wine blogs in the 2009 Foodbuzz Blog Awards! If you don’t know, we’ve been nominated in two categories: Best Wine Blog, and the Blogger You Would Most Want to be your Personal Sommelier. If you haven’t yet voted, please vote!
Continue reading2006 Cornerstone Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
When a bottle of something like the wine being reviewed today comes in, I know that if I let it age for a bit it will become everything the wine maker, and wine drinkers for that matter, hope it will become. By opening it while it is so young, not only am I not tasting it when it has reached it’s full potential, I am ensuring that one of a finite number of bottles of something special will never be tasted.
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Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery added to Boycott
I first heard about Foley from “twitter.” In the course of talking wine with winebloggers and other ne’er do wells, I met a blogger by the name of WineDog who “tweeted” something about a boycott of Foley wines. WineDog’s blog, Pink Bunny Ears, has a number of posts about Foley. The latest 2-spread Foley feature in Wine Spectator set the WineDog off.
Continue readingPolenta and Meat Sauce paired with Ruffino Chianti Classico
Burning our FUSEBOX at Both Ends
Those grape-squeezing folks at Crushpad have selected 10 bloggers to participate in the first ever Crushpad Fusebox BlendOff. And what’s a Fusebox? Well for one, it’s not that thing you have to go mess with when your hair-dryer manages to blow all the power in one-side of your house!
Continue readingSomewhere Over the Rhine: Riesling
When you mention Riesling, many will say “Oh, I don’t really like sweet wines, ” assuming all wines labeled Rieslings are sweet. However, Riesling can fall anywhere on the spectrum from bone dry to an intensely-concentrated sweetness, with variances in between. Riesling is one of the varietals most determined by its terroir, and wines can differ in their level of alcohol by volume. Many of the classic German semisweet version are 8% alcohol by volume or less, while newer, dryer Alsace and Austrian Rieslings are around 12%.
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