Sunday is Mother’s Day, so The Rib and I thought we would run down some wines that are perfect for either giving your mom or pairing with that special family dinner you plan to cook for her (’cause really, who wants to brave the restaurant crowds on Mother’s Day?). You’re probably one of the top [...]
So today is Star Wars Day. Clever, huh?
Now I’m as big a fan of the franchise as any other guy (or girl) who grew up with the original film trilogy. I haven’t read (or tried to write) any fan-fic or anything, but I still like the films. I prefer the first three [...]
Last week, The Rib and I decided to be super health conscious one night and have chili dogs for dinner. I even whipped out the fry-o-later and cooked up some Ore-Ida Golden Crinkles. The next step? You guessed it: I picked out a wine to pair with a meal fit for the fanciest and most [...]
Wine is scarier than boobs? Yup. Read On…
Raise your hand if you’re a bit intimidated by wine. Yeah, I see you in the back with your hand barely at top-of-your-head level. It’s O.K. We’re all there or have been there.
Since I started CorkEnvy a little over a year ago, I’ve noticed that a [...]
Well, it’s another made-up “holiday,” so I set out to pair a wine with yet another childhood favorite: the grilled cheese sandwich.
There are too many variations of this classic to even mention. A local wine bar in our area serves a “grown-up grilled cheese” with fancy shmancy cheddar on grilled sourdough (a favorite of [...]
So for those of you who don’t know (and to be fair, I accidentally discovered this just yesterday myself), today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. I’m not sure of the origin of the cuisine that most of us have treasured since childhood. A quick search of the interwebs suggested it was a souvenir [...]
Three weekends ago (I had a lot of notes and pictures to pour through), The Rib and I headed south to Richmond for the 2012 Virginia Wine Expo. We attended the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon sessions. At our best count, we sampled over 120 wines. That may sound like a lot, but keep in [...]
It’s been a whole week since the end of the Twenty-Wine Days of February. Having had a few days to reflect (and let my liver rest a bit), I thought I would recap the longest February since 2008.
Did I enjoy every single minute of this journey? No, but what do you ever do in [...]
Happy “Leap Day!” I hope you all wore your yellow and blue! Although my name hasn’t been all over the “gold digger message boards” lately, I did throw a “Leap Day” party in the middle of the day—albeit a party of one. This is the magical time every four years when you get an extra [...]
In most years, today would be the last day of February. Not today, though. We have one more day to go…LEAP DAY!
So this is the last bottle of wine I will open before Leap Day William arrives to trade his candy for the tears of children. I was hoping it would be better, but [...]
