by Bob Holmes | Sep 5, 2024 | General, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Following our Italian wine tasting, attendees and good friends John and Susanne Hoban offered to pick up some munchies and have an after party at our close-by home, which Margie and I gladly accepted! Margie and I were delighted at how well received our first Fork and...
by Bob Holmes | Aug 28, 2024 | Buying wine, Choosing Wine, General, Wine Tastings
In Vino Veritas! In wine there is truth, truth about the grapes that are used, the places they were grown and the person who grew them. This statement rings abundantly true when it comes to Italian reds. As varied in profile and stylistic differences as the places...
by Bob Holmes | Aug 28, 2024 | News, Wine Dinner
Margie and I were headed up to the Ashville NC area to attend “Beer Camp” with five of my high school Georgia Military Academy (now Woodward Academy) classmates. Having never been to Callaway Gardens, Margie suggested we break up the trip by stopping in...
by Bob Holmes | Aug 14, 2024 | General, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Margie celebrated a big birthday last Friday and we scheduled dinner for two at Pear and Horn. We’ve heard good things about them since they opened and finally got to check it out. For starters, we ordered a dozen Oysters Rockefeller that were perhaps as good a an...
by Bob Holmes | Aug 3, 2024 | News, Recipes
I had been sitting on some nice Italian wines for some time, now, Jeff and Traci Lewis brought a couple of bottles of 2016 CA de Rocchi Montere Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore over for dinner. For some reason, we never got to them that night! I tried to send them home...
by Bob Holmes | Aug 1, 2024 | Wine Dinner
Margie and I joined good friends Ed and Deb Drowkowski and Chef emeritus Kaj and Carla Sorensen at Bodacious for their most recent wine dinner. As I understand, these dinners are intended to showcase locally sourced food items from the “general” area vicinities. The...
