Sometimes you just get lucky when searching out a wine. I dropped into a local shop this week and during a conversation with the shop owner I had asked if he had any wines from Oregon. He did. He actually had one. It was a Pinot Noir. I have had some really nice Pinot’s from Oregon before, but they were a bit pricey. Pricey, but …

About a month ago I was sent samples of beauty products for the skin. The products contained grape extracts from different varieties of grapes commonly used for the production of wine. Before anybody says anything I am not a regular user of beauty products (: I don’t need them , but my wife Shirley and daughter Pam do use them. After a couple of weeks I asked them what they thought of the product…

Today was a shopping day with Shirley. We did the Home Depot, BJ’s, Best Buy, Panera for lunch, two grocery stores and one Mom and Pop wine shop. The ‘honey do’ list at home was longer. Back to my day job tomorrow. (Can’t Wait) While out doing her bidding, I was informed …

Re-post from August, 2008 Last post was a little bit of History of the Decanter . Now let’s talk a bit about “How to Decant Wine” Simply put, “decanting wine” is pouring wine from the wine bottle into another container. Two reasons for decanting wine is to remove sediment from the wine you are drinking and to aerate the wine. Aeration of wine helps the acidity, sugar and alcohol to become balanced. This is commonly referred…

Re-post from January, 2009 In the case of wine, pouring the wine into the cara fe from the wine bottle, also assists in the decanting of the wine. Decanting is the process of removing sediment from the original wine bottle by pouring only the clear wine into a serving container. Since most white wines and some young red wines are produced to be consumed with in two to three years…

It seems every winery in the Finger Lakes has a Meritage. Most are nice bordeaux style blends that are very popular and very tasty and very distinct to each winery. Years ago I struggled to find one to like, now I am finding it difficult to taste one I don’t like. And then, there comes along one that is over and…

I know those close to me won’t believe this, but I am actually going to review a Rose’ wine. In doing so, I am showing them that I can accept the fact that for almost all of my adult life I have been very stupid or as Lenn Thompson said ‘Are you nuts.’ Yes Lenn, I was nuts. On our recent wine tour through …

I am just sitting back enjoying one of the many New York Finger Lakes wines I brought home from last weeks tour. Shirley and I started out a little late, but were able to taste some outstanding wines at five equally outstanding wineries along the southern east side of the Seneca Lake Trail and the west side of Keuka Lake . Our first stop was at Damiani Wine Cellars . I put this stop…

One of the most difficult time’s I have on a short vacation is waiting for the train to take me home. To kill time I visit or window shop the shops at the station and sometimes get awful lucky by finding a great deal. This past week-end was one of those days and that great …

I really enjoy shopping for wine and finding one that I never tried and end up putting it on my list of must have wines. Today, I stopped in to buy a Sauvignon Blanc for the evening. I knew what I wanted, one that is already on that list, but also found a new one sitting next to mine and decided to take one …

I have a daughter that is living at home right now while she fixes up a house she bought a few months ago. She is very much into eating healthy and buys only organic veggies and fruits and free range meats, eggs and cheeses. I kinda surprised her this evening by opening a California Cabernet Sauvignon made with organic grapes. I did not know that fact when I bought the wine. I just …

I have no idea what occurred between the early 1980’s and present in the case of New York Finger Lakes red wines. I honestly tried many of them between 1973 when I moved into the region until, I gave up on them around 1980. After that, I basically stayed with my favorite European red wines. Last year, on the Cayuga Wine …

I am just going to begin by saying the Clos Du Bois Calcaire 2006 is probably the best Chardonnay I have ever had. Now I’ll qualify that statement by saying I do not do white wine that often and that over the years have had probably less or near 100 different Chardonnays and that is really not that…

This post is not so much about wine, but about my two new dogs and a new wine company named Two Dogs. Actually it’s Due Cani Cellars. The name Due Cani translates from Italian to Two Dogs. First, let me tell you about my two dogs. Toby (male Yorkie) and Priscilla (female min. poodle mix) came into our home via an organization that rescues unwanted dogs…