by Heather Lipp | Sep 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
We are a huge fan of the astrophysicist (and host of the Cosmos television show) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. My husband and I were fortunate enough to see him speak at the Colorado School of Mines in our home town of Golden, Colorado a little while ago. Perhaps the most...
by Heather Lipp | Aug 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
For every one blog on comparing Costco wine to Trader Joe’s wine, I feel I must write two blogs on the more snooty end of the wine spectrum. (Yes, I’m guilty, I can be a total wine snob.) I think this blog will be upping the snooty ante. Late last year, my husband and...
by Heather Lipp | Jun 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
It seems as wine consumers, we are all constantly bombarded with everyone else’s opinions about whether the wine has a hint of black cherries or chocolate. Not to sound jaded, but we never understand why wineries and restaurants always feel as if they must insist on...
by Heather Lipp | Apr 14, 2018 | Bordeaux, Uncategorized
How much of a difference does the year the wine is harvested (i.e., the vintage) make in how much we like a wine? For Bordeaux, like many other wine regions, the vintage can make a huge difference. Doing a recent tasting at our house, we lined up four recent Bordeaux...
by Heather Lipp | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
As of this writing, the fires in and around Napa and Sonoma are still raging strong. As a result of the fast moving fires due to dry conditions and strong winds, nearly 200,000 acres have been torched, entire neighborhoods have been burned to the ground and most...
by Heather Lipp | Aug 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are only so many blogs one can read on wine and cheese pairing, so we figured why not write a blog on pairing wine with the 2017 eclipse? Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, on Monday, August 21st will be the first total solar...