Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Red Wine”
It’s been just over two years since we visited Argentina. After five incomparable days in Buenos Aires, we traded the metropolitan energy for the peace and serenity of Mendoza, Argentina’s most renowned wine region. We toured a variety of wineries during our time in Mendoza, slowly making our way toward the Andes, the flavors of the grapes evolving as we steadily …
For me, this has been the summer of golden, crisp, delightfully refreshing wine of the white varietal. The incessant heat, coupled with my newfound love for white wine, has shifted the scales in my typically red-heavy world of wine consumption and I have been happily venturing through new aisles in the wine shops, exploring bottles and regions previously unknown to me. As with …
If you’ve been following along it will come as no surprise that Rioja wines are my new favorite thing! Having just returned from a four day exploration of the region (read all about it here) we developed a new appreciation for the history behind this corner of the world and the wine that has made it famous. Like many wine producing …
Snapshots of memories frozen in time filled my mind as soon as I popped the cork. A flash of cool, musty air. The chill of the stone wall against my palm. Red grapes seeping through the oak, coloring it a deep maroon. I was in a wine cave – the scent of the cork took me there almost instantly. Wine …
Ninety-four: the number of days that must pass until Z and I will be tasting our way through the Rioja wine region of Spain. I can hardly wait! The Mayan Cafe must have known, and you can imagine our delight when we discovered they were hosting a Spanish wine dinner. The Mayan Cafe is one of our favorite restaurants in Louisville …
I adore risotto. I first watched Giada de Laurentiis make it on Every Day Italian and loved how malleable it is. Like pasta, it is one of those dishes that is easily manipulated and once you have the base set, it will take on a variety of flavors, whatever your palate is craving that particular night. As you slowly combine …
As I mentioned in my post on the 2008 Vindemio Regain, I am unfamiliar with French wines. Shameful, I know. So, in my quest to remedy this embarrassing attribute, I set off for a fun-filled evening of Bordeaux tasting at 610 Magnolia. For those who may not be familiar, 610 Magnolia is a wonderful and highly regarded restaurant tucked away in the heart of …
I am admittedly a wine novice, particularly when it comes to French wines. During our time in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, located in France’s southern Rhone region, we explored a small, but important, part of the wine landscape. However we were ill-prepared on this adventure and the language barrier proved to be a sticking point in my multiple attempts to learn about the wine. So …
Chianti is my favorite type of red wine. I fell head over heels for this creation when my husband I spent two weeks in Tuscany for our honeymoon. Weaving along the narrow, winding roads we stopped in a number of wineries, each one seemingly better than the last. We brought back sixteen bottles of wine (alas, only fifteen made it, …
How cool is that label? This bottle is from Flora Springs, an incredible winery in Napa Valley. This particular bottle is a special release they make every October called their ‘Ghost Wine’. The October 2010 selection is a beautiful Cabernet Franc. The top is sealed in black or orange wax rounding out this spooky creation. Flora Springs was our first …
