The Reality of Winemaking: Who Can Make the Best Bottle of Wine?
I loves me some wine, loves me some helping people understand more about wine, and loves me some television (and yeah, even some reality programming); but when I first heard about Best Bottle—a potential winemaking reality show—I was a bit skeptical. Aside from enjoying a glass or two of wine while watching my favorite guilty […]
Happy, Happy, Happy Holidays!
The holiday season is upon us and while I’m not exactly Oprah, I thought I’d go ahead and share a couple of my favorite things by pairing some new Christmas music with a couple of not only new to me, but new to market, wines. In the course of my Christmas shopping, I’ve noticed these […]
Dancing with the (All-) Stars Week 10, Part 2: Veuve Fourny & Fils Premier Cru Grande Reserve Champagne, France
We have watched enough of these reality shows to know that a 2-hour finale means 1 hour and 40 minutes of retrospective fluff before you get to the actual final results. The Mouse did a fine enough job of trotting many of the stars out during the show and covered some favorite moments, but we […]
Dancing with the (All-) Stars Week 10, Part 1: 2009 Cru Monplaisir, Bordeaux, France
Well, here we are—the finals! Aside from Gilles’ absence, which is still ludicrous, the best dancers made it to the final—a testament to the fans that, overall, vote based on the quality of the dancing. Sure, we had to endure a few more weeks of Bristol Palin and Kirstie Alley than we should have, […]
Dancing with the (All-) Stars Week 9: 2011 Hughes de Beauvignac Picpoul de Pinet, Languedoc, France
Well, it’s the next-to-last week of Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars. It’s been quite a ride. Who will be competing for the “new and improved” Mirror Ball Trophy next week? The Rib and I agree on 2 out of 3. Ooh, conflict! Makes for better reading, right? You be the judge… The Dances Melissa […]