Recently we spent our Saturday attending a first ever major in-store event at Sunfish Cellars. They had over 15 tables and over a 100 bottles of wine and beer open along with a cheese/charcuterie set with their vendors so their customers could come and sample. At the same time they offered a huge wine sale. The beauty …
Our daughter Michelle turned 21 on Thursday, April 4th. Time really flies and every day I try more and more to enjoy the life given to me. I still remember that warm April Saturday! Earlier that day I was raking the boulevard, trying to get rid of all of the winter debris that was pushed …
Chris was recently feeling like preparing “Surf and Turf” for dinner. She pulled a nice lobster tail from the freezer as well as a beautiful fillet steak. We often share our meals so one tail and a single steak would do. Chris had started preparing dinner and she wanted to enjoy a nice bottle of …
Chris and I were recently hosting our “Winers” group at our house, where a good group of folks interested in wine get together at least monthly to socialize and share great food, wine and camaraderie. At the last Winers night, I instructed everyone to skip bringing wine because I had a 6.0L bottle of 1998 …
Well Spring is (almost) here. Technically it was Wednesday of this week, but if you live in the Midwest (Minnesota), today feels like a January day! It’s in the mid twenties with a strong west wind. With the windchill feels like zero degrees outside and on Monday we woke to an -11 degree below zero …
During the first quarter of the year we do not see a lot of our friends Dave and Heather. Dave is a referee for a number of hockey and broom ball teams, and Heather works for a local tax preparation company in addition to her full time day job. We had talked early in this …
During a recent trip to California for business, Chris accompanied me and had the opportunity to spend some time with my Uncle Ron and his wife Judy. I had a full Tuesday with meetings most of the day. I also had a dinner meeting with my customer making a perfect opportunity for Chris to take …
Last February WinesTimeSold Out (WTSO.com) advertised a wine that caught my eye: Fertuna Droppello Maremma Toscana IGT 2010 This wine was produced exclusively for WTSO by Nicolo Incisa della Rocchetta; part of the same winemaking team responsible for bringing you Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia. “Droppello is a term that evokes a passion of mine, but …
Chris and I were spending our first Friday at home in a couple weeks. Fortunately we had been in Napa the past few weeks for both work and pleasure. The weather out in Napa and Sonoma averaged 70 and sunny every day. Here we are back in Minnesota and it is COLD and cloudy. Its …
During the second half of the second night of the Bachelor, the girls ran out of wine! Chris asked if I could open a bottle to share that the girls would like. So, I wandered down to the cellar and looked at the “Bachelor” wine section. A few seconds later I grabbed a bottle of …