HOLIDAY WINE 101
Oh hello, are we here again? The earth has once again made a full rotation around the sun, my fresh new Ugg boots are ready, my fingers are numb, and my tan is sadly faded. That was fast, right?…
DON’T PANIC IF IT’S NOT ORGANIC!
What does organic wine mean? When you’re walking through the grocery aisle, and your kids are ripping the organic cereal off the shelves, because “Mom, it’s organic, so it’s healthy!” it makes you stop and think about what “organic”…
JUMPING INTO PORTUGAL
“Drink wine, not labels.” Today, my daughter, Miss T as we call her, came home exclaiming loudly that our elf on the shelf was soooooo boring.
TURKEY WINE 2018
Thanksgiving wine pairing Ahhh, it’s that time of year again. The temps are dropping, the leaves are crispy and your Thanksgiving to do list is hot on your mind.
URUGUAY, WHY NOT?
Uruguay, where are we? Does your 7-year-old know where Uruguay is? Mine does! Let me tell you, this has nothing to do with school or great parenting skills but everything to do with wine.
WINE TASTING PARTY
The school called me today to tell me a few things. The first was that my son had spent the morning loudly telling his fellow first graders that he “forgot” to put on underwear this morning.
ROSÉ FOR ALL SEASONS!
Who doesn’t like a little pink? I have two girls, so there is a lot of pink in my world. Sorry to my youngest offsping, Max–you did sport a few hand me downs in gentlemen’s pink.
LOVING ON LOCAL-AMANTI VINO
I field questions. All day long, I just chill, do my mom thang and people see me, hug me and then ask me about wine.
WHISKEY DIVERSION
Whether you spell whiskey with an “ey” or an “y,”, this is for you! Excuse me, isn’t this a blog about wine? Did I take a wrong turn somewhere? Stay with me folks, I’m just keeping you sharp.
A LITTLE TRIP INTO PORTUGAL...
Are you dreaming of an island? Or at least cliffs, mountains, a coastal strip? Yea, we’ve been binging on Game of Thrones, and now I’m slightly dreaming of sipping some chilled white wine overlooking the ocean on the cliffs in King’s Landing, braided hair and my silk chiffon dress dancing in the breeze
C’EST LA VIE
What’s a girl to do? I stumble through the kitchen adding milk to my water instead of my coffee, trip over a pile of laundry (in the kitchen? why is that there?) and put Cheerios in the dog bowl.
NO WHINING IN THE NO-WEST!
HOLLA! What’s this west coast girl doing in New York City? Well, that is a story for another day – but if there is one thing I love, it is wine from the west coast, and especially the Northwest region.
YOU HAD ME AT CHABLIS...
What can a girl say about Chablis? It’s kinda the middle child of Burgundy. You know, the amazing, kick a** kid who is left in the shadows of the younger and older siblings?
UNCORKING THE NORTH FORK..
When your friend says, “Let’s go visit some wineries in Long Island”, you don’t ask questions – you just go. Especially ‘sans kids’… need I say more?
BUBBLES GLORIA-OUS BUBBLES
I had a recent visit to the Gloria Ferrer vineyard, sans kids could I just add. It left me falling in love with the bubbles once again. It’s not typically what I reach for, but this visit left me thinking I should be drinking more of it, especially the Carneros Cuvee. Pause for a second and picture me holding a glass of bubbly without kids jumping, screaming, pulling or asking me for anything. B-B-B-back to reality.
HELLO, LODI! NO WHINING HERE!
Lodi, CA. MY friends look baffled when I tell them where I’m going. My kids ask if they have a Target in Lodi. “Can you get us presents?” Really, they don’t care – they just want something shiny! And pretty much everyone else only thinks of Napa when they hear ‘California wine country.’
DRINKS WELL WITH OTHERS...
What’s a mom to do…and where has this mom been?
On the eve of my ‘big test,’ the odds seemed stacked against me. Child one broke out in hives. Just for fun? I don’t know. Still no idea why. Child 2 developed a 103 fever, later diagnosed with strep throat, and child 3 injured his hand, as in, OUCH. All in the span of an hour. At least I had about 6 glasses of wine in front of me. Bottoms up. #blindtastingpractice
