Tag Archives: Beverages

TRICK OR TREAT? HALLOWEEN CANDY AND WINE

Posted on October 11, 2013 by waywardwine

For this Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, Kat’s theme is “OOPS!”. No greater wine-fail exists than this:

You’re down the rabbit hole. You bought Halloween candy. You chose ones that kids want: Hersheys, Mars, Butterfinger, etc. You know they are little bags of chemical warfare. But serving carrot sticks will get your house egged. So you sit there: like Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Between rushes of costumed underage beggars, you do it. You eat one. Continue reading →

Posted in TOOLS TOYS & TIPS | Tagged #MWWC4, 3 Musketeers, Amarone, Beverages, chemical warfare, concord, drink, Food, Great Pumpkin, Gummi candy, Halloween, Kit Kat, Kitchen and Dining, KitKat, lemonheads, Linus, Luigi Righetti, Mars, MONBAZILLAC, OOPS!, Recreation, Reese, Reese's, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Rocky Horror Picture Show, SEIGNEURS DE MONBAZILLAC, Shopping, Snicker's, Snoopy, Tim Curry, Trolli, Vaseline, Wayward Wine, wine | 14 Comments

BREWDOG IN EDINBURGH: Beer Review: Alice Porter; Dogma; Libertine Black Ale: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #17

Posted on April 29, 2013 by waywardwine

Last week we tried Brewdog Brewery’s lighter, bottled beers. They ranked well but did not lead to their self-proclaimed beer-volution. Time to get serious. This week, we tackle BrewDog’s bar in Edinburgh. To start the day, my wife and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alice Porter, Beer, Beverages, BrewDog, Brewery, cornish pasty, Dogma, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, heather, Honey, Libertine Black Ale, Microbrewery, Pasty, Portman Group, Speedball, The Piemaker | 3 Comments

WORK.WINE.WORK.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by waywardwine

Work. Wine. Work. Wine. Work. Wine. The days blur my routine of tests and checks, morning and evening with my time at work. Selling and making the stuff eats my hours. But soon fermentation will stop. Soon all I will … Continue reading →

Posted in CABERNET CRISES: MY FOURTH WINE, OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY | Tagged alcohol, Beverages, Fahrenheit, fermentation, Finger Lakes, Food, home winemaking, homemade wine, Must weight, racking, Sugar, Vidal Blanc, wine, yeast | 4 Comments

SAQ: When Government and Wine are One

Posted on August 10, 2011 by waywardwine

Dear reader or two, please accept my apologies for the hiatus. But fret not, for my vacation to Quebec City was fruitful, or at least wine-filled. Immediately upon arrival, I popped into the Metro Plus grocery store. Past the beer, … Continue reading →

Posted in WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beverages, Blaye, Bordeaux, Botter, Cahors, Canada, Carignan, Côtes du Rhône AOC, Communism, Fairmont Hotel, Food, Georges Vigouroux, Gourgazaud, Grocery store, Laland Bellevue, Metro Inc., Minervois, New France Fesitval, Prosecco, Quebec, Quebec City, SAQ, Shopping, Socialism, Société des alcools du Québec, Vintage, wine | 4 Comments

FILTERED.FINISH

Posted on February 24, 2011 by waywardwine

A ten day vacation looms. The wine tank can’t come with me. It’s time to bottle it. That or turn our fridge into a cellar. Bottling my first and second wines required crafty recycling. This would be no different. Once … Continue reading →