Two for Fathers Day and Beyond! |
Greetings from Catawba Island!
It's Father's Day and I just received a call from my son Mark who is playing a tour with the USO in Kosevo at Camp Bondsteel. All is well and the troops were in great s...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:46:00 PST |
101 Wines...a Cheap Plug for Gary’s Book! |
Greetings from the Lake Erie Islands!A shout out to my pal, Gary Vaynerchuck with the release of his new book this week (May 12, 2008). Gary is the host of Wine Library TV, and is a frequent gue...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:30:00 PST |
A Few Wine for the Weekend! |
Greetings from Akron, Ohio!
Here are a few new wines that you might want to look for in the stores for this coming weekend. All are inexpensive and have a great QPR. (Quality/Price Ratio)
2006 ...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:25:00 PST |
Oh my,,,Im a Locavore...You might be too! |
Greetings from Catawba Island, Ohio!
Every year the New Oxford American Dictionary declares its word of the year. In 2007, it was Locavore. Loosely defined, it's someone who prefers buys their food ...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:18:00 PST |
2003 Marramiero Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Inferi |
Greetings from Catawba Island, Ohio!Once in a blue moon a wine comes along that knocks your socks off, the 2003 Marramiero Inferi is one of those. This ruby red Montepulciano combines an old wor...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:15:00 PST |
Greetings from Wadsworth, Ohio! |
Greetings from Wadsworth, Ohio!Back on October 21, 2007, I wrote an article about the new Ohio wine shipping law and how I felt it was not only bad but probably illegally restrictive and that it neede...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PST |
Truth in Labelling, When is Champagne not Champagne? |
Greetings from Wadsworth, Ohio!I received a press release from the Center for Wine Origins, a Washington D.C. based lobbing group representing the Champagne district in France as well as Porto, Portug...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:11:00 PST |
It’s Like MySpace For Wine!!! |
Greetings from Wadsworth, Ohio!
With social networks all the rage, MySpace, Facebook, Linkedin are as popular among we oldsters as they are among the college aged students who have been at this the l...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:05:00 PST |
Another "Feast" at Vernon’s Cafe in Niles! |
Greetings from Catawba Island!It’s Saturday and we just got dumped on. Another 4-6 inches fell over night and I just finished shovelling the driveway. I can’t believe it was a ...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:33:00 PST |
2003 Tommasi Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico |
Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee!It’s my first day in Nashville, still unaware of the blizzard of 2008 that would have our flights to Cleveland canceled for two day. It was bad enough g...
Posted by Nick on Wine on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:46:00 PST |
