Scientist Roger Corder has just released “The Red Wine Diet” a book that touts the benefits of drinking red wine. Corder recommends three glasses of red wine daily to stave off heart disease, diabetes and dementia. He attributes the health benefits to a polyphenol chemical called procyanidin. This differs from some other scientists who credit […]
This month Wine Blogging Wednesday is hosted by Tyler at Dr. Vino and the theme is Go Native, which means go with indigenous varieties. I knew I wanted to do something Italian for this and I thought about it for a while. Of course I make it more difficult with my own criteria. The Criteria It […]
Today marks Wine Blogging Wednesday #36, and the theme is Naked Chardonnay. That’s defined as any chardonnay that has never touched oak. These are also typically chardonnays that haven’t gone through malolactic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is a process that converts malic acid to lactic acid which will reduce the overall acidity and gives typical chardonnays their buttery characteristic. […]
I’ve started tasting wines for the upcoming Wine Blogging Wednesday #36. And since I have five wines that I’ll be reviewing, I thought I would go ahead and preview one of them. Truth be told, I’m previewing this one mostly because I had such a great meal with this wine and I want to share […]
I just got a note from one of my favorite online wine stores, winestilsoldout.com, that this week on August 1 is Cheapskate Wednesday. As you can see by their ads on my site, of course they are one of my favorites. Cheapskate Wednesday is a marathon type event starting Wednesday at midnight with 48 wines for […]
Although I’m not quite finished with the Chardonnay Challenge, I’m going to interrupt that series to take part in Wine Blogging Wednesday. I’m so excited to be taking part in Wine Blogging Wednesday (WBW). Although it’s my first, this is WBW #35 and the theme is Spanish Wines for under $10. One month after I […]
Charles Shaw Chardonnay, often referred to as “Two Buck Chuck” recently won double gold honors at the California State Fair wine competition. It beat 350 other Chardonnays for the honors and was rated at a 98. It goes to show, cheap wine can be enjoyable. Full Article
Lesley Reidy of www.winefairy.co.nz writes about a topic near and dear to my heart, finding good cheap wines. The title says it all. I agree with all the recomendations in this article: Individuality Drinkability Not ’soft drink sweet’ Tasty Look beyond the label Of particular note: “smaller, lesser known vineyards are making some great value […]
The drinking starts now! Actually, the drinking for this site started about 8 months ago. I’ve been writing tasting notes, but haven’t posted anything until now. I have some pretty cool “big ideas” for this site… so big that I haven’t been able to motivate myself to spend weeks coding, designing, etc. to get them done. […]
