by Webmaster | Mar 10, 2025 | Wine and Food Pairings
Years ago Chateau Rauzan-Segla changed hands. It had been a Grand Cru Classe from 1855 but had not been making top shelf wines for a number of years. The then new owners took a year or two to get things headed in the right direction. My then drug dealer (wine...
by Webmaster | Mar 7, 2025 | News, Wine and Food Pairings
For my birthday last year, Margie gave me a 5.5-quart All-Clad semi-programable crock pot. I had a 3-pound standing rib roast in the freezer and wondered how it might do in a crock pot! So, I found a recipe online for just such a meal and marched off to try it. The...
by Webmaster | Jan 28, 2025 | News, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Continuing my journey through my wine cellar, I felt it was time to open a bottle I have been hoarding for twenty plus years. It was a 1985 Mouton Rothchild given to me by a longtime wine buddy. Insofar as you just never know what old bottles will do, I of course...
by Bob Holmes | Dec 18, 2024 | Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
On the eve of a meaningful birthday, I invited three of my longtime friends over for dinner. I roasted a beef tenderloin and Chef Shannon Arant cooked mashed potatoes and green beans and onions as sides. While the meal was in process I opened a bottle of 2021 Kistler...
by Bob Holmes | Nov 19, 2024 | Choosing Wine, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
We had fifteen attendees for this event and we tasted five delicious Oregon Pinot Noirs! The more expensive of the two rated as the favorite and second favorite, respectively. I liked the least expensive of the two and will order a case of each. I liked the top two...
by Bob Holmes | Nov 10, 2024 | Choosing Wine, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Margie and I had Ed and Deb Drozdowski over for an impromptu dinner Saturday night and enjoyed some yummy lamb shanks! I’ve been sitting on a couple of magnums of 2017 Terlato and Chapoutier Aussie Shiraz for some time now and thought that would make a great...
