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…)
