Tag Archives: Shopping

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

Marcato, “iPrandi” Brut, Lessini Durello DOC, Italy NV $10-14.5

Posted on September 12, 2013 by waywardwine

Think of Italian bubbly and we probably think of Prosecco, maybe Moscato or Lambrusco.

However, hidden in North Eastern Italy, smack dab between Venice and Verona, lay the Lessini hills. Here an ancient grape called Durello thrives. The name may come from its thick skins, or high acid. It may be native. Either way, it loves the volcanic soil. basalt. Elevations are high. Thus Lessini Durello has its own DOC. Continue reading →

Posted in Durello, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Sparkling | Tagged Anxiety, Blind experiment, Chamomile, Cooking, durello, Durello grape, Home, iPod, iPrandi, italy, Lambrusco, Lessini Durello, Marcato, Matricaria chamomilla, Perelman School of Medicine, pinot noir, Placebo-controlled study, Prosecco, Relaxation technique, Shopping, Sotheby, Sparkling wine, Veneto, Venice, wine, Xarel·lo | Leave a comment

THE PORTERHOUSE: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 2 and 4: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #31

Posted on July 22, 2013 by waywardwine

On Day Two in Dublin we go to the immense Archaeological Museum. After a few hours of breathtaking, minute Celtic metalwork, hunger takes us. Incapable of eating fine metalwork, we soon find The Poterhouse Brewery‘s “Central” pub on Nassau Street. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Bolero, Brewery, Cask ale, Celtic, Chocolate, Dublin, Food, Guinness, Hop Head, Ireland, London, Oyster Stout, Plain Porter, Ravel, Ravel's Bolero, Shopping, Stout, The Porterhouse, United States, Wrassler's 4X Stout | 8 Comments

Aberlour, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 10 Year, Speyside, Scotland UK

Posted on March 3, 2013 by waywardwine

For context click: ENTER.THE.HAGGIS. The color here is a clear but average intensity gold. The heavy, glazed legs flaunt a high alcohol. The rim becomes watery midway. The aromas are still in the works: young and mild, reminding me of … Continue reading →

Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Whisk(e)y | Tagged Aberlour, Food, Macallan, Scotch whisky, Scotland, Shopping, South Africa, Wine tasting descriptors | 3 Comments

SECOND.SHOT.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by waywardwine

Clearly I can’t multitask. Last week’s post proved that babbling on camera and racking wine don’t mix… Self-reflexive! For those out of the loop, since October 23rd, I’ve been fashioning wine out of Vidal Blanc juice, which I bought from … Continue reading →