by Jordan | Mar 23, 2016 | Advice, Guest Blogs, Recommendations, Uncategorized
A few years ago, while brainstorming for a creative birthday gift for Heather (I often have to give this a lot of thought as I rarely seem to have good ideas), I thought that perhaps I should buy her a bottle of wine from her birth year. After spending some time...
by Heather Lipp | Feb 18, 2016 | Advice, Recommendations, Uncategorized
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...
by Heather Lipp | Feb 2, 2016 | Advice, Recommendations, Uncategorized
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...
by Heather Lipp | Dec 28, 2015 | Advice, Holiday, Recommendations, Uncategorized
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...
by Heather Lipp | Dec 20, 2015 | Recommendations, Uncategorized
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? What type of wine would Santa...
by Heather Lipp | Dec 17, 2015 | Media, Recommendations, Uncategorized
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...
