With the economy in the state of panic that is is, and my wine budget being usurped by silly things like groceries, I have been spending a lot of time recently seeing out budget friendly wines that are tasty alternatives to their North American counterparts. Chile is one such place. With a plethora of not [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Something to look forward to!
Friday is May Day! How time has flown by. Spring is in full swing, and it’s time to celebrate! I have been so busy traveling here and there to taste wines recently, that I haven’t had time to sit back and smell the roses. May 16th I can sit down, relax, and taste in my [...]
All in the family!
France! Varietal labels! Two levels! Oh boy oh boy! I can’t tell you how excited I was when I got the invitation to taste two labels, Robert Skalli and Fortant, in a wine bar that I have been dying to check out, CAV. Since I have not had a lot of exposure to old world [...]
Bring on the BACON! Yes I said bacon.
When the box first arrived in my mail room at the office, I was slightly scared that someone was playing a bad joke on me. Or just didn’t like me very much. Or I had really made it big in the wine blogging world. Why you ask? Well, the box that I received was stamped, [...]
Just say no to OAK!
WOW! What a day. The mercury has reached 90 degrees, in SAN FRANCISCO. IN APRIL! Mother Nature is sure ticked off. The saving grace to this terrible heat wave is that I have been enjoying some very nice white wines of late. Now, you probably know that I am a red girl through and through, [...]
A Folio of wines!
There is something so alluring about a tasting room that offers several different wineries tasting in one convenient location. Folio Winemakers Studio is one such place, and I popped int here one afternoon to do some tasting, since I happened to be stopping by. First, a little history on Folio. Folio Winemakers Studio pours many [...]
This is so taxing!
So, tomorrow is tax day. If you haven’t already filed your return, you’re probably tearing you hair out by now. For me, I got mine out of the way early this year, and was happy to sit back and relax while everyone else around me scrambled for receipts. As you struggle to find a few [...]
It's the PINOT stupid!
Recently, I was lucky enough to attend the 7th Annual Passion for Pinot Summit. This was an opportunity for the Pinot Noir lover, Press & Trade to get together and have a Pinot Noir Taste-Off. This is a unique event that really pulls the lid off of wine judging, and allows the average Josephine to [...]
Rhône Around the World!
You’re the Rhone that I want! That’s the theme for this year’s Hospices du Rhône event, and it’s a great one. To tie in with this annual extravaganza, Twitter Taste Live is doing a multi-national, multi-coastal, multi time zone tasting event that you can be a part of! It all kicks off at 7pm local [...]
MacDaddy, come to mama! A bacon friday post.
I am a huge fan of the simple dinner. Being a single girl, I like to come home, kick my feet up and open something tasty to drink. Dinner is a necessary evil, so I look for the simple solution. Such was the case one day a while ago, when I looked in the fridge [...]
