I know that I’ve talked about fun wine labels before, but as I wandered the wine aisles recently, I spied a really different type of wine bottle label. It was blank. And it had a little tag around the neck of the bottle, with a little pencil attached to it. The instructions on the tag…
What to do on a perfect July day in Ohio, when it is NOT raining (this year, that’s kind of rare) and you and two of your Winey friends want a girls’ day out? You hit the wineries, of course. For those of you who don’t know northeast Ohio, take that surprised look off of…
Well, I learned something new when I started drinking my latest wine choice. There are Alps in Australia. Who knew I’d get a geography lesson that day? I thought I was just buying a nice refreshing-looking wine for the weekend. It had a cute name: Frisk. And it was Riesling, but it was “prickly” Riesling….
Rory, just before her 3rd birthday My “Empty Nest Series” is dedicated to the Winey children who did NOT leave The Winey nest for college and jobs and – the nerve – their own lives. Each Empty Nest Wine has something to do with those children who stayed: namely, the doggies. Woof. So from time…
As I write this review, and was sipping on the wines, The Winey Daughter is and was spending the summer studying in England. Yes, England, the land of The Royals, tea and scones, British rock and (reverent pause here) Downton Abbey. I am a serious Downton addict. In fact, when The Winey Daughter was accepted…
I have never made it a secret that The Winey Family lives in Cleveland. (OK, an eastern suburb, but when people ask, we say Cleveland.) And even if you don’t like sports, or basketball or The NBA, I am sure you have heard what we have just been through there for the past two roller…
Every once in a while I take a trip through my wine journal – because it’s fun and also because I need to plan out my reviews. I don’t review every wine I try. There are times when I just want to drink a glass of wine without all the note-taking and sniffing and swirling,…
Spring is finally here in northeast Ohio and if I may say, it took its own sweet time getting here. I know, I know, I shouldn’t be surprised, but every year that one last frost warning has me running around the garden throwing towels and sheets on all the new plants and, well, expressing my…
I have not had a lot of wine from Portugal. In fact, I think I’ve only reviewed two Portuguese wines here and one of them was a Port. (The other was a red blend.) And I know that Portugal has a thriving wine industry, but I just don’t run across their wines all that often….
Our Chloe I have been writing an Empty Nest series of reviews for the past 8 months. The reason for this is that my Winey Household became an empty nest once our youngest left for college. All the wines in this series are dog themed. The reason for this is because the Winey Dogs are…