You are out at a restaurant and in charge of ordering the wine. You feast your eyes on the extensive wine menu and carefully select a bottle that you find to be a crowd-pleaser for your accompanying guests. You order your chosen selection and await while your server marks your table with the …
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I tried 4 grocery store rosés, and what I discovered may shock you!
I haven’t always been an avid participant in the #roséallday frenzy that has swept this country in cultish millennial fashion. In fact, the first time I tried rosé I didn’t quite get it – light-bodied, peeping tannins, screaming acid, pink and perplexing, my palate didn’t know what to do with it. I …
10 Wine Recommendations Paired with Affirmations to Kick-off 2019
“For a fresh start...” The first wine to kickoff the WineUp New Year, January 1st , 2019 was Marcel Lapierre Beaujolais Cuvée 2014. This fruit driven, juicy-textured wine is not easy to come by, but if you can get your hands on it, it’s one of the most elegant and unassuming French reds you can …
5 Wine terms you really need to know to sound like a PRO!
With every serving shift I have ever worked, there is a minimum of two times in the night where someone will ask for a wine recommendation by the glass. I will then ask them “What kind of wine do you like to drink?” Inevitably someone will answer “I like dry reds”. What they don't know, is that all …
9 Things You Should Stop Believing About Wine Right Now!
The 80’s ruined a lot of things for all of us; there was a lot of shoulder-pad abuse, backcombing of hair, and universal serving of white zinfandel at dinner parties. There still seems to be a lot of residual misconception from that era, and working in a restaurant I get a fair share of wine myths …
