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The best pairing of all dinners are those with friends, however top it off with an amazing venue, food that will delight the soul, solid scrumptious Napa Valley wines, a gracious host and a good cause and you really can’t ask for more.
For the 2012 Triangle Wine Experience annual wine dinner, I chose Margaux’s Restaurant. [...]
Salmon is known as wine’s friendliest fish, so for pairing the sky is the limit. This dish is light and delicate yet full of flavor so my personal favorite is a Rosé or crisp white. Please tell me your thought and enjoy.
Ingredients:
Bacon
1 tbs Olive Oil
3 gloves garlic
3 tbs chopped walnuts (I like more)
½ cup parmesan [...]
Entertaining this holiday? Here is an easy appetizer with suggested wine pairing.
It’s that time of year, to open your home up to friends and family tantalizing them to enter with delicious aromas from your kitchen. Oh wait, I don’t have time to slave over the stove and make all these appetizers? Oh no, I am [...]
What do YOU do with your Thanksgiving leftovers, other than a tasty turkey sandwich. How about pizza? Mac & Cheese? Try these this year and share your thoughts!
After Thanksgiving Pizza (will need just a few extra ingredients you can find in your kitchen)
Preheat oven to 450∙. Unroll one 11-ounze refrigerated thin pizza crust dough to [...]
“Szigeti Sparkling Wines ~ Unique and Unmistakable”
Way too long since I’ve popped in to write, but here I am with a sexy sparkling wine you must try!
My first exposure to a Sparking Grüner Veltliner was at the Wine Bloggers’ Conference last Summer in Walla Walla Washington. Since then it has been in the back of [...]
Living in wine country, I have so enjoying sharing my good ole’ Southern traditions. I can’t begin to tell you how many Shrimp & Grits I have made; having fun finding the perfect wine pairing with this dish that folks here just don’t seem to understand. And let me make this clear one more time….grits [...]
OK, when first approached about this wine glass called “The One” I thought to myself, get real Andrea. How can one glass truly embrace the unique flavor profiles of so many different wines, styles of how these wines are made, and show them at their best.
So here I am on a journey with my friend [...]
Oh how I LOVE LOVE LOVE these guys! Scott Jordan and Mike Westerberg I first met in person back in January when I came out to Napa and Sonoma seeking opportunity…..however (why I love social media if used correctly) we first met via Facebook. They are just as amazing (ok, more so amazing) in person [...]
“A silk blanket wrapped around my soul” — now how is that for a description of a Port? I love Port, but rarely does one completely blow my mind. Hmmmmm, I am looking at the bottle ready to take a picture for this blog post and it’s begging me for yet one more delicious sip [...]
As wine lovers, we are always looking for quality wine that knocks are socks off and giving us the ability to buy new ones….and at the same time this wine be a varietal we don’t normally pick up. If you’ve been following my blog, you know I am a Cabernet Sauvignon lover….big, deep, rich, full-bodied [...]
