Monthly Archives: May 2009
Watermelon Fresca
No, this is not an announcement about a new flavor of your favorite soft drink. My friend Ana told me about a great recipe for agua fresca in the New York Times. I told her I would use it in … Continue reading
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The Adventures of Drunkleberry Finn
I grew up in a town where Mark Twain wrote some of his books. I thought it was appropriate to share his thoughts on one of my favorite beverages. Probably not his best work – it sounds like WC Fields, … Continue reading
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The last South American titanosaur
I thought titanosaur was a made-up dinosaur name, but turns out it’s not. Titanosaurs are in the sauropod family, known for their “lizard-hips”, small heads but large overall size – some reaching 60 feet in height – and herbivorous ways. … Continue reading
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Wine-sicles
I’ve never had frozen wine, but I’ve definitely left a rosé in the freezer too long when speed-chilling it. Come to think of it, a Riesling slushy doesn’t sound half bad. As you may have guessed, this post is about … Continue reading
Virtual cellar
How many times have you enjoyed a great bottle of wine and then instantly forgotten the name of it? I have an easy and free solution for you. 1. Take a picture of the wine bottle you’d like to remember … Continue reading
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Haunting in Himrod
The tasting room for Miles Wine Cellars is in a Greek revival style mansion built in 1802. The current owners learned their house was a stop on the Underground Railroad when they discovered Civil War-era pennnies in the cistern. A … Continue reading
Hermann the German
Yesterday, I visited: Hermann J. Wiemer purchased 140 acres on the west side of Seneca Lake (Finger Lakes, upstate NY) in 1973 and released his first vintage in 1979. He’s originally from Bernkastel, in the Mosel region of Germany and his … Continue reading
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What a gal
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was an author, poet, screenwriter, humorist, critic and defender of human and civil rights. In her time, she was published in Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker. Not bad considering her formal education ended at the … Continue reading
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Go go jasmine ginger
I was introduced to a new beverage this week – sparkling white jasmine tea. The Golden Star Tea Company takes jasmine silver needle tea, a rare white tea from the Fujian province in China, and puts it through a controlled fermentation with Champagne … Continue reading
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