In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored five really stellar Portuguese red wine blends from the Alentejo region. We attended a wine sustainability program late last year and had the pleasure of sampling a couple of these wines already, but stacking five blends together in one sitting, plus pairing them with Valentine’s Day faire, was […]
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Exploring Monte Velho Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two delicious Portuguese white and red wine blends from Esporao Monte Velho, and paired these wines with good ol’ American comfort food. Wines that we sampled: Monte Velho White 2019 Monte Velho Red 2019 Having a particularly rotten day, comfort food was on the menu, and this turned […]
Exploring Gaia Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two Gaia red wines on Winter Solstice (and the Great Conjunction of Satern and Jupiter) during a pandemic in a backyard setting. This most auspicious astrological event paired well with great weather, great friends, and great wines. Wines that we sampled: Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Gaia Cabernet […]
Exploring Domaine Bousquet Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored a lovely sparkling rose whilst celebrating Christmas during a pandemic in a backyard setting in the cold dead of winter. Odd as it all sounds, we really enjoyed ourselves. Wine that we sampled: Domaine Bousquet Sparkling Rose This beautiful and refreshing dry rose from Domaine Bousquet in […]
Exploring California Wines with Ron Rubin Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we continued to explore California wines made by Sonoma vintner Ron Rubin. With so many different microclimates, winemaking methods, and varietals, it’s easy to get intimidated by California wine options, so instead we celebrated diversity with another Ron Rubin wine sampling. In the range of $14-$25 per bottle, these were […]
Exploring California Chillable Wine
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored more California wines made by Sonoma vintner Ron Rubin. With so many different microclimates, winemaking methods, and varietals, it’s easy to get intimidated by California wine options, but these two samples of Ron’s Chillable wine blew the roof off pretentious expectations. Wines that we sampled: River Road Ron’s […]
Exploring Pasqua Wine & Food Pairing
Following the last edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored more lovelies from Pasqua in Northeast Italy: a fun prosecco and a delightful rose. Wines we sampled: Pasqua “Romeo & Juliet” Prosecco NV Pasqua “11 Minutes” Rosé 2019 In the last edition, we sampled and paired Romeo & Juliet PassioneSentimento by Famiglia Pasqua and loved both […]
Exploring Romeo & Juliet Wine & Food Pairing
My wine weaknesses: Italian, fun labels, go with everything blends. These two have all of the above! In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored these two Italian beauties with good ol’ Texan comfort food. Famiglia Pasqua Romeo & Juliet PassioneSentimento breaks rules with these two wines, which gets my immediate nod of approval. Made […]
Exploring California Wines with River Road Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we dove into California wines made by Sonoma vintner Ron Rubin. With so many different microclimates, winemaking methods, and varietals, it’s easy to get intimidated by California wine options, so instead we celebrated diversity with a River Road wine sampling. In the range of $14-$30 per bottle, these […]
Pairing Paillard Champagne
When you, the everyday wine drinker, think of champagne, you probably think of celebrations and luxurious events. As an everyday wine drinker, I do too. So when I was sent a bottle of Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee to taste and review, I set it asside for the perfect celebratory setting…that never happened. And then […]