Tag: dessert

• Revealing Roussillon’s Sweeter Side

  

  How often do you enjoy dessert wine? I hope you said frequently. If not, the holidays are the perfect time to welcome this habit into your life. A prominent wine and food pairing rule of thumb is a wine should always be sweeter than the food pairing. When this rule is not followed both the…

  Michelle Williams

  December 16, 2017

  #Winophiles, Food, France, French Wine, French Winophile, Roussillon, Wine, wine and food pairing, wine education, wine review

  #Winophiles, 1985 Arnaud de Villeneuve Ambré  Rivesaltes France, 2001 Domaine de Rancy Ambre Rivesaltes France, Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jingle Bells, dessert, dessert wine, food, Food and Wine Pairing, France, French sweet wine, French Winophiles, holiday season, music, NV Terrassous Vin Doux Naturels Hors d’Age 6 Ans Rivesaltes France, Rivesaltes, Roussillon, sweet wine, Vins Doux Naturels, wine, wine and food pairing, wine review

• Cargasacchi Invincible Sun: The Sweetest Thing

  

  A few months ago I shared the wonderful tasting my husband and I experienced at Loring Wine Company in Buellton, Santa Barbara County. Because we were already fans of Loring we were not surprised by the exceptional quality of each of the wines we tasted. However, Loring shares their tasting room with a winery to…

  Michelle Williams

  July 20, 2015

  Cargasacchi Wines, Food, Friends, Music, Pinot Grigio, Santa Barbara County, U2, Wine

  Buellton, cake, Cargasacchi, Cargasacchi 2010 Invincible Sun Late Harvest Pinot Grigio, dessert, food, friends, music, Peter Cargasacchi, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita Hills, SBC Wine, The Stuffed Griffin, The Sweetest Thing, U2, Villa Cordevigo, Villabella, wine

• Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with #WinePW

  

  May’s #WinePW is focused on food and wine pairings for Cinco de Mayo. Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo? What did you eat and drink? Cinco de Mayo is kinda a big deal in the Lone Star State and as Vinepair explains it’s for a good reason; however, most think Margarita or Corona with Cinco…

  Michelle Williams

  May 9, 2015

  #WinePW, Celebration, Cinco de Mayo, Food, holidays, Music, Texas Wine, Wine, Wine Pairing Weekend

  #WinePW, Calais Winery, Calais Winery La Cuvee Principale Roussanne 2012 Millesime, celebration, chicken mole, Cinco de Mayo, Corona, dessert, holidays, Inwood Estates Vineyards, Inwood Estates Vineyards Segundo Lot 1 Red Wine, Mexico, Pinterest, Recipe, Roussanne, Selena, Tejano, Tex-Mex, Texas, The Chew, TXwine, Wine Pairing Weekend

• Time Turned a Vixen into a Lady

  

  One night over the winter of 2014 my friend Ryan Sorrell, a very gifted wine artist – check out his art at Vino Mosaics,  sent me a picture of a bottle of wine he was enjoying with his wife on a night out. Somehow the label reminded him of me and wanted to share it with…

  Michelle Williams

  March 11, 2015

  Cabernet Sauvignon, dessert, Food, Jimi Hendrix, McGah Family Cellars, Music, Napa Valley, Scarlett, Wine, winter

  California, chocolate cake, dessert, food, Jimi Hendrix, McGah Family Cellars, music, Napa Valley, Rutherford, Scarlett, Scarlett Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, wine, winter

• Wine, Food and Love with #WinePW

  

  The day of love has arrived; February 14: Valentine’s Day. What does Valentine’s Day mean to you? Some see it as a “Hallmark Holiday” meant to boost greeting card sales between Christmas and Easter. Or a day to over spend on roses, chocolates and food all to declare ones love for another. Many non-dating single…

  Michelle Williams

  February 14, 2015

  #WinePW, Cornerstone Cellars, Etta James, Food, Music, Pinot Noir, Wine

  #WinePW, California, Cornerstone Cellars, Cornerstone Oregon White Label 2011 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, dessert, Etta James, food, Oregon, Oregon Wine, Pinot Noir, romance, Valentine’s Day, Willamette Valley, wine, Yountiville