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Home » September 29th, 2011 Entries posted on “September, 2011”

">Women’s Wine Council – Twin Pomegranates – A SweetTart of a Wine

Each of the Twin Pomegranate Wines features distinct sweet/tart flavors of the super fruit, but subtle differences will help you decide what your favorite will be. All the wines are priced under $15 and can be purchased online, at Whole Foods and several other grocery stores throughout the country.

September 29th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wine & Food | Read More »

">It’s A Wine Dog’s Life

There are also lots of bunnies and lizards at Oak Mountain. It’s a dog’s paradise. I must say their lizards are too fast for me and their bunnies disappear as soon as I approach. (It must be those darn jingling bells around my neck that warn them.) But I will not give up.

September 28th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine | Read More »

">CRUSH 2011 – Temecula Wine Is Growing Up

He got into the wine business because “insanity runs in my family. The wine business is one of those things that will push you to drink.” But being a little crazy helps, he believes.

September 25th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Winemakers,Wineries | Read More »

">Greater Seattle – Green In So Many Ways

As we watched the sun set over Lake Washington we savored every bite of organic beets with goat cheese, blue prawns with almond gazpacho and crispy garlic, yellowtail hamachi with foie gras, smoked Honshimeji mushrooms and grapes, Copper River wild salmon with roasted marble potatoes, Ligurian olives, olive oil cured tomato and basil pesto. He wasn’t quite done putting the hurt on us.

September 7th, 2011 | Posted in Travel,Wine & Food | Read More »

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