What’s the Best Boxed Wine? A Blind Tasting Comparison
Perhaps the most popular question readers have put to me since I’ve started the blog is: what is the best boxed wine? This is a tricky question for me to answer, considering I’ve actively avoided boxed wine since college. But, in the name of ‘science’, I figured it was time to throw any wine snobbery out the window, and host a blind tasting party with several popular boxed wines.
Can YOU Tell a Red from a White in a Black Glass?
We’ve often heard that when people taste wine blind from a completely opaque (black) glass, they often can’t tell a red wine from a white wine. Is this just an urban legend, a myth? Or is it actually true? My husband and I decided to buy some black wine glasses and find out.
4 Wines to Serve at a Divorce Party: Part 1
For all of you soon to be single ladies…
I currently have several girlfriends either going through or just finalizing a divorce. A couple have recently asked…. Sooooo, what wine should I serve at my divorce party? In the spirit of being helpful (because I’m awesome) and since there’s a good chance I’ll be drinking some of these wines, here are my thoughts.
Looking For a Club You Can Drink Your Way Into?
Everyone likes to set New Year resolutions. I normally don’t like to make them, but from time to time I’ve been known to succumb to peer pressure – so this year I’m making one. I’ve decided my resolution this year should be to… drink more wine. Done, easy. I’m so going to overachieve on my resolution this year. But, in the spirit of ‘wine discovery’, I’ve also resolved to give my overachieving wine consumption some direction – I’ve set the goal to reach ‘Century Club’ status by the end of 2016.
3 Wine Alternatives to Champagne this New Year’s Eve
My husband does not “get” Champagne. He’s willing to take a sip now and again to try something new, but that’s normally as far as he’ll go. I don’t recall him ever having an entire glass of Champagne. This is true not only of Champagne, but also of all its sparkling cousins – whether California Sparkling Wine, Prosecco, or Cava. So come New Year’s Eve there’s no Champagne cork popping at our house. Although I love it, it seems like a waste to open up an entire bottle of fantastic Champagne without anyone to share it with (actually, on second thought, that sounds pretty awesome…)
4 Wines to Rock Your Chinese Take-Out Christmas Dinner
My husband grew up Jewish so he typically had the Jewish staple meal of Chinese food on Christmas. As I did not grow up Jewish, the idea is a bit foreign to me, but this year I decided to honor his past tradition and order some Chinese take-out to help celebrate the occasion (translation – I have two young kids, I’m lazy and I don’t want to cook). So, if you’re like me and planning to spend this Christmas eve or Christmas day on the couch with some Chinese food on your lap watching “A Christmas Story”, then keep reading. It’s a given that you’ve gotta have wine to go with that Chinese take-out, but what wine do you choose? Well, I’m here to help.
Hmmmmm…. What bottle of wine would I drink with Santa?
One of the best things about writing a blog is that I get to pose any random question I feel like and then answer it. So today’s random question is – if I were to sit down and share a bottle of wine with Santa, what wine would it be?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens + Wine = Gloriousness
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens about to hit theaters, I’m sure many people are asking themselves, what wine should I drink to celebrate the premiere? My suggestion – approach the wine you choose for the premiere based upon your favorite Star Wars character or characters.
Bringing Wine? Tips to Pick the Perfect Bottle
It’s holiday time, so I thought it fitting to start my blog off with some advice to those who never know what wine to bring. I feel relatively qualified to speak on this topic. Both my husband and I used to be in this boat. Now, we’re on the other side – we’re now the hosts who keep a small part of our wine cellar set aside for the guests who bring us bottles we consider undrinkable, that we give away to our undiscerning friends. So, knowing the issue from both sides of the spectrum, here are some thoughts.
