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.
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
CHEAP AND EASY! (PART ONE)
When traveling, try not to end up at a ‘dry’ place on #nationaldrinkwineday! Please. Although, let’s be honest, what day isn’t #nationaldrinkwineday? Especially for this mother! Magic kingdom would earn the title ‘happiest place on earth’ if it actually had wine!
MAMBO ITALIANO
So a funny thing happened on the way to an Italian wine event. I promise I wasn’t singing the old Dean Martin standard Mambo Italiano… that would have been embarrassing. Nope. Ok.
WHAT'S ON THE MENU?
In the midst of my studying, I was briefly interrupted by the TV. As a parent, I would never allow this kind of studying, but hey, I’m the boss.
RESOLUTION TIME
I’m not much of a new year’s resolution person. Let’s be honest, with the amount of sleep I get with three kids, I forget the resolution I’ve made about 2 hours after I make it.