So on July 5th we had a bunch of friends come over for a charity event for Ronald McDonald House here in Topeka. We asked that they gave a donation for the house and raided our wine cellar and had a plethora of food. Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture…
In January 2014 we tasted the following Cabernet Sauvignon wines. I started this website after this tasting so I don’t have all the info at my fingertips right now while I am on the road but here are the wines for a reference. We had Beef Wellinton, 5 cheese mac…
I got an email from Food and Wine today which led me to this gallery of Pitcher Drinks, can’t wait to try some of these and write my thoughts! Pitcher Drinks by Food & Wine Sangria Slush by Nancy Gargan I took a Sangria recipe and made it…
Today Bill and I were so blessed to spend the morning with friends as we were invited to a friends house who grows grapes and make his own wine. It was our first time to get to harvest grapes and really participate in the first steps of making wine. Here…
Grilled Chicken Parm & Tuttorosso Bill and I spent Easter at home just two of us this year. We decided to use the Roasted Garlic & Basil Tomato Sauce we canned last fall and make our version of Grilled Chicken Parmesan with Basil Fettuccine and Grilled Asparagus. We paired Brian…
April is a transition month for those of us who are Monday night winos. We are finishing up with the reds and looking forward to the white wines. In the past we have done specific countries, but this year we are going to check out 1 winery that has just…
In March we are tasting Shiraz as the Aussies call it, traditionally this would be known as Syrah. For this tasting however we are going to focus on Australia with one value outlier from California. So we have had one of the coldest winters on record here, and Shiraz is…
A few things come to mind when I think of St. Patrick’s Day and food. First would be Guinness Stew there are several recipes out there and I will provide my favorite link below. The second thing that comes to mind is Baileys Irish Cream! There are so many different…
So in this post I want to talk about some of the best wine for those cold winter nights. We prefer Cabernet Sauvignon at our house but a good Zinfandel, Merlot or Shiraz can warm you up also. Here are a couple we have had the last few weeks. Click…
So Under Posts I did add new and am typing this note, want to expand the list of categories on the blog page so a person could click on wine and read my most recent blog on wine. Click on food read most recent blog on food. Click on Wine…