by Mary on October 25, 2012
We are bombarded with fall themed recipes this time of year. Everywhere you look it’s pumpkin flavored this, apple flavored that. And I’ll admit, I am not tired of them. Not at all! In fact, most of the time I spend on Pinterest lately is seeking out fall themed recipe ideas for my family. As [...]
by Mary on October 17, 2012
It is rare that a non-fiction book makes me cry. And I don’t recall ever being moved to tears while reading a book about wine. That is until last week when I read Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes, by Evan Dawson. To say it is simply [...]
by Mary on November 16, 2010
This post was originally intended to be posted on November 9th (one week ago), but life got in the way. This is only important because the dates reflect how long the wines reviewed stayed fresh. I don’t have much experience in recent history of drinking boxed wines. Most of my memories come from vacationing in [...]
Quivira Vineyards & Winery
by Mary on January 14, 2010
2010 will likely present an interesting year for wineries with the ripple effect of lagging inventory and an economy not necessarily buying wines in the $50.00 plus range as was the case two or three years ago. The last couple of years have seen a lot of changes in all areas of the world, but [...]
Finding My Muse: The Condado de Haza Ribera Del Duero
by Mary on November 18, 2009
Wine Blogging Wednesday #63 This months Wine Blogging Wednesday topic, selected by Rob Bralow of Wine Post, was to choose a wine you know well and have enjoyed many times, but have never written about. In addition we were supposed to time how long we enjoyed the wine, and take double that amount of time [...]