In Tips for Selecting a Good White Wine , I spoke about the bad luck I’ve been having with selecting wine. In the recent past, I seem to always choose wines that I do not enjoy once I begin to drink them. My luck turned a couple of months ago, if only for a night, when I discovered a well-priced, red wine that I quite enjoyed, Pasqua Pinot Nero delle Venezie 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pasqua Pinot Nero delle Venezie 2006
In Beverages, Product Reviews, Wines on May 7, 2008 at 18:32Tips for Selecting a Good White Wine
In How-to, Wines on October 27, 2007 at 16:54
A while back, a friend and I were being lazy about dinner. Instead of cooking, we decided we’d buy gourmet pizza (from Mediterraneo in Westlands), along with a bottle of wine from On the Run, and head back home to relax and hang out.
We were set on having white wine with our pizza, but weren’t familiar with any of the wines that we found at On the Run. Still, we selected a wine based on the description printed on its label and were convinced that we were walking away with a semi-sweet light wine. Boy, were we wrong! Read the rest of this entry »
Saint Jaume Valley, White Wine
In Beverages, Kenya, Wines on June 29, 2007 at 22:33
A few months ago, I was having dinner and drinks with a friend at Red Sea, an Ethiopian/Eritrean (I think more the latter) bar/restaurant, on Lenana road, where I often go when I want good Ethiopian food in a good social ambiance. The Red Sea, for all its good points, is generally not the kind of place in which I would ask for a glass of wine. In a place that I feel would not invest in their wine, I know that wine there can taste more like vinegar than anything else.
At the end of my meal though, I felt like having an alcoholic beverage to wash my food down. I was not in the mood for something strong, so decided not to go with my usual choice of alcoholic spirit. Instead, as I saw a cold glass of wine pass my table, I decided to order exactly that. Let me just tell you the first sound that passed my lips after tasting the wine that came to my table. It was a sigh of utter pleasure! Read the rest of this entry »
