Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
As always after a wine bloggers conference, I sit back and ponder what kind of wine blogger I aspire to be and how to make that happen. The first thing that comes to mind is, “more consistent,” and believe me, Hubby and I really appreciate our readers who stop by to see if we’ve posted …
As we learned last week at the wine bloggers’ conference in Oregon, Pinot Noir grapes tend to reflect where they’re grown down to the soil type and the weather. In 2010, a couple of oenophile friends of ours decided their lives needed a little excitement, so they pitted Pinot Noir wines from around the world …
This past Thursday, I decided to humor my tyrannical Fitbit* and walk to work so I could try to get my 10,000 steps for the day. That’s harder than one would think. Apparently Georgia has decided to give tax breaks to movie companies, and Decatur was the site for the filming of a flick called …
When you buy a new car, you get to take a test drive with a hopeful salesman beside you. When you buy a house, you get to visit it with a hopeful realtor and have it inspected by a professional. But what about when one of your favorite restaurants gets a new chef? Sure, you …
Note: I had hoped that Hubby would write this one, and that was the original plan, but he’s swamped with work right now. He’ll be covering the next one for me because I’m out of town this week. I’m spending the week in Birmingham to help Mom out after yesterday’s surgery. Hubby and I were …
Wow, there’s nothing like sitting down to write a blog entry and having one’s husband come in with a red-stained shirt saying something in a fake Italian accent about having to hurt someone. Unfortunately this tasting notes entry isn’t about the Sangiovese brothers or their cousin Chianti, but rather Pinot Noir, who is quite the …