No MILFs Allowed, written 2 days ago, A bar in Leeds checks your age at the door.  For a good time, grannys need not apply.When a group of moms and daughters went out for a “girl’s night out”, the moms were refused entrance.  The Leeds Courtyard Bar told the moms their daughters could come i...

More Wines for Thanksgiving, written 1 week ago, Last week you read about several wines that are ideal for the Thanksgiving feast. Today the last-minute shoppers have a few more to consider. Dinari del Duca Grillo 2007 Buttery texture and flavor is the immediate characteristic hitting the palate, ca...

Locaopour is East Coast Wineries Word of the Year for 2009, written 4 days ago, Locapour is a word describing someone who drinks wine from a local radius, whatever that self-imposed restriction is, in order to support local farming and economy. The word is based on the word locavore. A locavore is ...

A food match by François Chartier with La Vieille Ferme Red 2006: we have tried it!, written 6 days ago, François Chartier a renowned journalist and Sommelier wrote this on www.Cyberpress.ca website on the 29 October 2008 : "If you are a fan of roast lamb, then you should try this. ...

Wines from Grandma and Nonno's visit -- Part 6 (short-form notes), written 1 day ago, Grandma and Nonno returned to Massachusetts today, so this is the last entry for wines from their visit. I'm going to need something to rehabilitate my liver after this visit, so many good and excellent wines did ...

Giving up a career in advertising and starting at the bottom in wine.

Wine I SPY!, written 5 days ago, Those of you with kids know exactly where this is going: I spy a unicorn, an orange slice, two stars, two keys, a pyramid, and two knights Four crosses, two angels, two saints, DIAM, A butler's friend, wine barrels, and two heads of a ram. Let me know if this is t...

A Toast to the Repeal of Prohibition, written 19 hours ago, Can you imagine a time when alcohol was illegal, when wine stores had to seal their doors shut, when you could no longer enjoy Pinot Noir or Chardonnay? That did happen in our country once and fortunately the laws were over turned. Raise...

A blog mostly dedicated to eliminate the fog of intimidation surrounding wine.

Holiday Tour of Homes Benefits GJ Symphony, written 22 hours ago, Come and join us in a Christmas tour of some local homes. Several Grand Valley residents have decked their halls for a fund raiser benefiting the arts. Under the headline, "Seasonal Sights and Smells, All on Tour," Reporte...

Comparing the carbon footprint of plastic and glass wine bottles, written 2 days ago, A few days ago, we wrote about our first encounter with plastic wine bottles with a 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau from Labouré-Roi. This winery thinks it’s understood that plastic wine bottles have a lower impact on t...

blackberry friday, written 6 days ago, Tonight’s wine is Guenoc Petite Syrah 2005, a bottle leftover from the pre-Thnaksgiving supermarket rush.  I received a phone call form Mrs. Grapeinabottle on Wedsnesday asking for a last minute stop at the grocery for those missing few items to finish Thank...

The Burgundian Blogging Effect: Joel Peterson & The Future of Winemaking, written 1 day ago, "We'll be in the Green Room." I was walking along the sidewalk of a conspicuously calm street in downtown Wilmington, DE, chatting on my cell phone with Gino Razzi, the tireless force behind ...

Views from the teaching (and learning) vineyard with Jared Skolnick.

All about boxed wine - no bottles, no jugs, no aluminum cans, no tetrapaks - just bag in box.

Bedell Cellars Library Tasting on December 19, written 8 hours ago, On Friday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m., Bedell Cellars and founding winemaker Kip Bedell will library tasting featuring reds from the mid-1990s. The tasting will include nine red wines from the 1993, 1994 and 1995 vintages, including ...

Antique Wine List Day: (1861) A nod to Jamie Goode, written 1 week ago,   There is a very cool scan of the Berry Bros. & Rudd wine merchant list from 1909 over at Jamie Goode's Wine Blog aka the Wineanorak and I was inspired to scan an excellent wine list I have from my family. My great-great...

International Riesling Foundation Tasting, written 2 days ago, Wine afficianados in NYC are so lucky that the Rieslig Foundation organizes a tasting featuring Riesling producers from around the world. Germany, Alsace Washington State, Australia, South Africa, Long Island and the Finger Lakes were al...

Palate Fatigue, written 4 days ago, When it comes to red wine, my palate has been feeling a little weary. I drink a pretty wide variety of wine in general, and I enjoy them all for what they are. However, the red wines I've had lately seem to be merging towards one ideal: fat, plush, fruity...Parker...

Pin-Up Cabaret, written 1 day ago, The Intoxicologist posits that "While what’s inside matters most, it never hurts to have a catchy label." Source: Liqurious. Share This