I received this Pommery Pink Pop for Christmas and decided to open the brut rose’ the other night when I only wanted one glass of wine with dinner. Since this bottle is 187 ml, it didn’t actually fill the flute, but it was close. I found notes of citrus and raspberry, reminiscent of the Pepperidge Farms cookies […]
The sparkling red I picked up from Domaine Chandon is the perfect holiday wine. First off, it’s red, so it’s the right color. Secondly, it’s bubbly–so the festivity is built in. This one, made from Pinot Noir and Zinfandel, bends itself closer to the characteristics of the second grape: chocolate, rich raspberry, and overall fullness. […]
Everyone gets so worked up about sparkling wine for New Year’s Eve. Which one to have, how much to spend, whether it needs to be the real stuff or not. Not that I think anything other than Champagne isn’t the real stuff. I adore sparkling wine. Hell, I’ve written it a sonnet. So I don’t need New […]
Good thing I was flipping through the latest Food & Wine on Christmas Eve because it gave me inspiration for breakfast the next morning. A quick trip to the grocery store got the two necessary ingredients as well as the fixin’s for mimosas, and Christmas morning found me before 7 am in the same place […]
Dr. Debs was right on the money in her post about take-out. Sometimes you just have to have it with a busy holiday schedule and so many other things to do than cook. Of course, I have to spruce things up a bit, and that includes with wine. I had bought a bottle of 2001 […]
I told KB we had to visit J Winery when she was here. Having ‘dined’ in their Bubble Room previously, I had no idea that they did the same food pairing at the regular tasting bar. We started with a bonus: something new, the Cuvee 20, which was lemony and crisp and a celebration of […]
If, like me, you’re craving those succulent little shells of raw goodness, I highly recommend Sea Salt in Berkeley, a charming little place. We chose three of the seven types of oysters that were listed on the ‘raw bar’ part of the menu. The bad thing about them, though, is that I can never afford […]
The new place got a good christening last night, and you can probably imagine that there was a lot of wine. I got up early and started cooking–everything from three kinds of quiche to stuffed mushrooms, goat cheese layered with basil and sun-dried-tomato pesto, and miniature apple pies. But that’s my thing, that’s what makes […]
After a long day at work, circling the airport a few times, and the short drive from Oakland, it was time to welcome KB, California style. I had gotten up that morning and made my semi-famous olive and cream cheese spread, along with my mama’s potato salad (Ok, the dip was her recipe too, but […]
My first Wine Blogging Wednesday was especially appropriate for me since the theme was sparkling wine: one of my favorite all-purpose wines. It just has that ability to make a good mood better or cheer you up when you’re down. Maybe it’s something about the bubbles and whether they make the alcohol hit you faster… […]
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