Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
So it seems to be remote correspondent/guest blogger day at the Random Oenophile. I also have friends that will eat, drink, and make merry notes for me. I’m a lucky girl, right? Regular guest blogger Dan Browning recently attended a wine dinner at Feast that featured wines from Rodney Strong. Click here for his notes. …
It’s so nice to have friends who are willing to drink for you! I recently received some more tasting notes on Washington wines from West Coast Correspondent James Bassett. All content below is his: Renegade Wine Co.2008 Red WineColumbia Valley, WA “Glasses? We don’t need no stinking glasses!” So it says on the label, which …
There’s a great writing community on Twitter, and every week, several of them post flash fiction. This is my contribution for the week. You can find other stories by searching the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter. Morning Vespas “How long have you been involved with a motorcycle gang, Mrs. Dougherty?” “Oh, heavens, they’re not motorcycles!” The …
Just a small addition to the previous post — for a more comprehensive list of Georgia wineries, try the Georgia Wine Country web site. Our own wineries have been encouraging us to “Drink Local,” so check them out! Okay, back to the business at hand. It’s the holidays, and people have been asking me about …
Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. readers! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is having a great weekend. My assignment was to bring apple pie and macaroni & cheese. Both turned out really good: I’d like to declare a mulligan for November, please. The month started with a thrown-out back, then a hurt neck, …
One of my major professional conferences is always the weekend of Beaujolais Release. It was off by one weekend last year, and this year I skipped it because it was in New York and I decided to put those funds toward a new laptop instead. I’m already close to getting my CEU’s for this biennium. …
Apologies for the delay between my last post and this one. I should’ve figured something was up when I was super irritable on Thursday and was nearly in tears over trying — and failing until late in the day — to buy a new laptop. Then I almost threw my Blackberry down the parking deck …
When I first heard that the Decatur Wine Festival was always held the first full weekend in November, I was shocked. “Are you crazy?” I thought. “The weather is going to be terrible!” I’ve now attended the Wine Fest three years in a row, and each time, the weather has been fantastic, although the beginning …
For those who don’t know, the Decatur Wine Festival is a fundraiser for the Decatur Arts Alliance. The event takes over the Decatur Square from the area behind the Old Courthouse (where the Bandstand is) to the part of the square on top of the MARTA station. Last year there were fifty tables, each from …
Fear not, those of you who may be wondering what the heck I’m doing with all this fiction stuff! I have wine notes for you as well. Last night’s tasting at JavaMonkey was “Spicy Reds,” a cousin to the ever-popular “Big Ass Reds” that Jess likes to pull out during cold weather. I have to …