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 …
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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 …
Why do people swirl their wine?
Why do people swirl their wine? Hint: it's not just to look cool...We have all seen it, the illustrious swirl of beautiful red wine in the glass, that dervish liquid velvet, the sultry sway. Perhaps you have even attempted it; maybe you have mastered it, or you have not. You cling to the stem of …
