2000 Château Côte Montpezat, Côtes de Castillon, Bordeaux
At a recent wine tasting, the Weekly Wine Pick asked our host, Wine Educator and owner of Adventure Wine, Robert Cavanaugh for a great recommendation. Explaining that he was in a “Bordeaux state of mind,” his recommendation is a hearty winter red that he says will pair great with ...
Winter Pairing: Beefy Soup and Norton Malbec Reserva 2006
With winter temperatures below normal and snow above average, it's the perfect time to pair a bold red wine and a beefy soup. I recently tried a delicious Malbec-Bodega Norton's Reserva Malbec 2006 from Argentina--with a recipe I concocted (see below) and it was fabulous for this purpose. According to the ...
Port & Pecan Pie
Up there with the most difficult foods to pair with wine is pecan pie. If anyone can successfully recommend a table wine for this uber-rich creation, we're all ears. We asked a couple of sommeliers in Tulsa for their take on the the southern pecan pie pairing. Tim Baker of Sonoma Bistro ...
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2000 Château Côte Montpezat, Côtes de Castillon, Bordeaux
At a recent wine tasting, the Weekly Wine Pick asked our host, Wine Educator and owner of Adventure Wine, Robert Cavanaugh for a great recommendation. Explaining that he was in a “Bordeaux state of mind,” his recommendation is a hearty winter red that he says will pair great with “lamb, hearty stews, steak and other comfort foods that folks... [Read more of this review]
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Winter Pairing: Beefy Soup and Norton Malbec Reserva 2006
With winter temperatures below normal and snow above average, it’s the perfect...
Blue Rockin’
I was excited to taste the samples wine-maker Kenny Kahn sent me last month. I...
Tablas Creek Wine: Bringing the Rhone Tradition to America
Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyards presented some wonderful wines at a class on...
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DC Wine & Dine
Sip & Twit DCDerek & Adon Kumar of Wine-Searcher.com This past week we witnessed a new spin...
DC International Wine and Food Festival
Mark your calendars with X’s on February 13 & 14 and buy your tickets in...
2005 Andre Brunel Les Cailloux “Cuvee Centenaire” Chateauneuf-du-Pape, France
A Robert Kacher Selection This Week’s pick is offered by Brian Zipin, Wine...
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Do Points Matter?
Photo taken by the author Point-based ratings for wines have grown as consumers seek shortcuts to selecting wines in a marketplace with a dizzying array of wine options. It makes sense. Most people are rationally ignorant about wine. They simply want a nice bottle to impress friends or enjoy at home, but they don’t have time to study wine or budgets... [Read more of this review]
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