The Oenophile has returned!

Greetings, fellow Oenophiles! Hubby and I just returned from our trip to Belgium. The reason was ostensibly so we could attend my mother’s family reunion and he could meet the Belgian side of the family. However, we had our own agendas. He planned to drink his way across the country by sampling as many Belgian

Tasting Notes: Que Syrah Shiraz? JavaMonkey Thursday Wine Series 10/2/08

I apologize in advance for any typos in this post. I’m writing with a 15-lb cat sitting on my right hand. It’s kind of like in the old Anglican “Book of Common Prayer,” wherein someone gets to “sitteth upon the right hand. And purreth at the notion of yummy red wine.” Okay, maybe that last

Wine Dinners, aka, Pairing for Dummies: Room at 12 and Feast

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As an oenophile who also happens to really like food, I love wine dinners, especially ones where someone else does all the pairing work for me. As luck would have it, I have two to report on this week. They actually took place last week, but I’m still playing catch up. On September 21, Hubby