The wine business has a culture all its own. Long days in the vineyard, weekends tending wine in the cellar, bottling, marketing, promoting, wine tastings, tours, wine education……the list never ends. Working with wine is a career that takes no holidays since every customer wants wine for their holidays! You must have incredible patience, passion, and the ability to take
Read moreI just Love Summer with all its sounds, smells, and flavors! The feeling of sand between your toes, the smell of BBQ in the air, and the taste of a vibrant, chilled wine. Speaking of chilled wine, here is an amazing Rosé that is sure to beat the sultry, Summer heat! From Keuka Springs Winery in the Finger Lakes, NY,
Read moreWhen Summer is coming up “Rosés”, then we must take advantage and sip them in. So many varieties, flavors, and smells…how can we try them all in just 13 short summer weeks? Colors that go from a pink salmon to a deep cranberry hue. They just scream fun, flavor, and festivities! Just as a rose can be wild and briery,
Read moreI am a firm believer that you can drink sparkling wine any day, everyday. You don’t necessarily have to wait for a holiday or special event…. you can celebrate life everyday with a glass of champagne or bubbly. So yes, I do have my share of sparkling wines through the year. I drink sparkling at least once a month
Read moreWe keep checking the Seneca Lake map but we just can’t find it! I do see cities like Hector, Burdett, Valois, and the Finger Lakes National Forest. But somewhere between Lodi and Watkins Glen, New York, there must be a place called Paradise! We can feel it and I know I am close, but its just not on the map.
Read moreWhen you can’t make it to Napa or Bordeaux, then the next best thing is to visit your local wineries! The New York Finger Lakes is a 7 hour drive away from us but worth the time in its beautiful landscape and great tasting wines! Last spring, we went to the Finger Lakes and stocked up on wine from many
Read moreWe are loving this Pinot Noir from upstate New York Finger Lakes region! We bought this Pinot Noir last spring while on a wine tour in the Finger Lakes and we are now drinking our last bottle. On the Casa Larga website, they are selling the 2010 vintage but we could not find the vintage on the bottle we drank
Read moreC’est absurde! Beaujolais Nouveau est une tradition sur Thanksgiving Day! Well, that may be true but some traditions can be broken and new traditions are started in the process. For years, we looked forward to our yearly supplement of Beaujolais Nouveau the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day. We would run to the store the first thing in the morning and buy
Read moreOk, we appreciate all types of wine from dry to sweet, fruit wines, bubbly’s, and ports.But you will normally find us drinking a nice big cabernet, spicy shiraz, or brut champagne! We went out on a limb and purchased a sweet late harvest wine this past spring since we have a cellar full of everything else. We just opened that
Read moreWho says only good Chardonnay comes from California?! Out of Fairport, New York in the Finger Lakes region, we found a wonderful Chardonnay that is fresh and full of flavor! (and only $12.99 a bottle!). We were wine touring with friends in the Finger Lakes area and it was recommended that we stop at Casa Larga Winery. This Chardonnay is
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Wine Splash! 