Cooking
The new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau is out. Here's Wine Spectator's coverage. This is a big event every year, though one suspects it has more to do with the marketing abilities rather than the wine. Don't get me wrong, Beaujolais is a very nice wine, very drinkable. It's just not spectacular or complex.
- Giving Thanks
I don't know about you, but I'm already sick of Thanksgiving! Sick of hearing about it anyway. Oh sure, it's still my favorite holiday, but this year the plethora of magazines, cookbooks and even blogs all focused on the topic lead to my...
- Wine Spectator Is Arrogant
I know. It's a shock. But take a deep breath, and I'll explain. In the current issue, they've printed a letter from a reader who blames Wine Spectator for promoting monstrous wine lists, and he goes on to decry the trend. "I am not happy...
- Wine & Chocolate
Wine Spectator posted a web version of an article that appeared a few issues back about pairing wine with chocolate. I found it a pretty interesting feature overall, and the article has links to more in-depth descriptions of the various types of dessert...
- Wine And Cheese
So I've been advocating white wine with most cheeses for a little while now, which goes against the normally accepted pairings. Melissa and I tried this after I saw a couple of good sources argue for it, and we've been pretty happy with our experiments....
- A Day Too Late
I just noticed the following article at Wine Spectator's web site: pairing wine and Halloween candy. It's actually a pretty interesting article, since it reveals a lot about what the wine press looks for in the ever-elusive perfect food and wine...
Cooking
Wine Bits
The new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau is out. Here's Wine Spectator's coverage. This is a big event every year, though one suspects it has more to do with the marketing abilities rather than the wine. Don't get me wrong, Beaujolais is a very nice wine, very drinkable. It's just not spectacular or complex.
Wine Spectator also has an article about pairing wine with Thanksgiving dinner. It's fairly interesting, but demonstrates that there's no one answer to the question. Bon Appetit had a similar article, which came to the same basic conclusion: provide a bunch of different wines to accomodate a range of tastes. We're having a wide range, champagne, a variety of French reds and whites, and a Riesling, at the very least. So we should be covered.
- Giving Thanks
I don't know about you, but I'm already sick of Thanksgiving! Sick of hearing about it anyway. Oh sure, it's still my favorite holiday, but this year the plethora of magazines, cookbooks and even blogs all focused on the topic lead to my...
- Wine Spectator Is Arrogant
I know. It's a shock. But take a deep breath, and I'll explain. In the current issue, they've printed a letter from a reader who blames Wine Spectator for promoting monstrous wine lists, and he goes on to decry the trend. "I am not happy...
- Wine & Chocolate
Wine Spectator posted a web version of an article that appeared a few issues back about pairing wine with chocolate. I found it a pretty interesting feature overall, and the article has links to more in-depth descriptions of the various types of dessert...
- Wine And Cheese
So I've been advocating white wine with most cheeses for a little while now, which goes against the normally accepted pairings. Melissa and I tried this after I saw a couple of good sources argue for it, and we've been pretty happy with our experiments....
- A Day Too Late
I just noticed the following article at Wine Spectator's web site: pairing wine and Halloween candy. It's actually a pretty interesting article, since it reveals a lot about what the wine press looks for in the ever-elusive perfect food and wine...