Category: Food
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#Food & #Wine Pairing: Going Hardcore Carnivore with Troon Wines
This is a particularly fun food and wine pairing article for me to share with you. Fun because it features three wines instead of one. Fun because these wines are new releases from Troon Vineyards that were shared with me from a legend in the wine world, Craig Camp. Fun because I am trying out…
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Dipping My Toe in Murrieta’s Well Estate Vineyard
Do you like to cook? I love to cook. I am easily inspired by the many awesome food bloggers I follow. I also love finding new recipes on Pinterest and in Cooking Light Magazine. For many years as a cook I felt the need to follow each recipe exactly. I lacked confidence in my abilities…
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#Food & #Wine Pairing: Heating up with Cahors Malbec and Pork Chops
In Texas we are in the throes of summer. It is hot, mildly humid, and there is no relief in sight. I don’t like using my oven in the summer because it adds more heat to an already hot enough house. I take advantage of the grill as often as possible this time of year…
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Heading South of the Border for Great Taco & #Wine Pairings
Who doesn’t like a taco? A hand held arsenal of deliciousness featuring some type of meat or veggies topped with awesome condiments that include avocado, cheese, and salsa; all enveloped in a pocket of either corn or flour tortillas. Brilliant! I have been eating tacos all my life, but now tacos are trendy. Why? I…
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Rioja Alavesa: The Perfect Day
Some days are just too perfect. Words somehow lack the means of effectively communicating the experience. Poets have ways of transporting us to places and times of great beauty; alas I am not a poet. I am a wine writer armed with joy, gratitude, enthusiasm, and an iPhone 6S. Today, that will have to be…
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Diving Into Bordeaux #Wine with #Winophiles: Médoc & Haut-Médoc
In April of this year I had the great pleasure of spending a week in Bordeaux. As a guest of Millesima our week was hosted by Bernard Magrez. Over the course of the week we were wined and dined like royalty. We attended many En Premiur tasting events and dinner. We toured Bordeaux City, ate…
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What Color is Your #Wine? Mine May Be Orange
I love that there are so many colors of wine. Red wine has an array of vibrant colors from soft ruby to dark garnet to brooding inky violet. White wine also offers a beautiful selection of colors from almost translucent gold to deep straw. Of course Rosé comes in more colors than I can count;…
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The Wonderful World of Grenache
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” ~ William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet You are likely familiar with the grape varietal Grenache. Probably even Garnacha. What about Cannonau? This grape of many names is the second most widely planted grape yet its origin is somewhat controversial. When Googling “Cannonau,” Grenache is the result.…
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Diving Into Loire Valley #Wine with #Winophiles: Sancerre & Pouilly- Fumé
In March our French Winophiles group began our journey of Loire Valley wines. We started at the western edge in Pays Nantais (Lower Loire) along the Atlantic coast. The past three months we have journeyed inland along the majestic Loire River through Middle Loire: Anjou and Touraine. Today we conclude this wonderful wine journey in…
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#Food and #Wine Pairing: Spanish Wine and Steak
How do you approach food? Are you a vegetarian? Vegan? Carnivore? How important is organic? Biodynamic? What about GMO’s? Well today’s food and wine pairing features a delicious meal paired with a lovely USDA Certified organic wine that is verified as part of the non-GMO program. Even better the wine is from Spain!
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