By Harriet
What I love about this city is that as soon as the sun peeks out and the temperature creeps just above 70, there is an explosion of tables and chairs out of every sidewalk …

By Greg B. For special occasions, it has become a tradition to pop open a bottle of ‘bubbly’.  Whether you prefer to pop the cork gently and controlled, or to saber the top of the …

Part II of my Spring Wine Guide (Read Part I here): The chill of winter is ready to be packed away with your snow pants and wool sweaters in exchange for bathing suits and tank …

Good company is the best pairing with any wine. This past Saturday, I enjoyed what is becoming a classic pairing: wine and the MD Cru. MD Cru refers to a small group of …

Today is another Wine Blogging Wednesday! This month our host is Joel at WineLifeToday. The theme is something dear to all of us wine lovers, comfort wines. Our mission:
“choose a …

Here’s an easy recipe I came up with last week that went great with a bottle of Champagne, bread and cheese for a first course.
Saffron Poached Shrimp
Ingredients

6-8 extra-large jumbo shrimp, split and deveined (shell on)
1 …

On Sunday February 24, 2008 the MD-Cru (previous events: Big Wines, Chateauneuf du Pape) met up for it’s monthly gathering of friends, new and old, to talk wine, catch up on politics, and drink a …

Here are tasting notes on three Champane’s we had recently:
The good (the Huskies approve as well!):
1998 Duval-Leroy Champagne Blanc de Chardonnay Brut – $42: Light pale in color with a lot of tiny bubbles …

You all know how much I love Cava…here’s an excellent QPR (quality-to-price-ratio) sparkling from Spain (all Cava is from Catalina , Spain) Hazelnut, dough/yeast, grapefruit on the nose. Crisp acidity that becomes quite …

I received this bottle as a sample and took these notes during a recent wine tasting:
The bottle had a unique closure for a wine – an actual bottle cap, reminiscent of a large glass bottle …