Thought I’d do a bit of promotion here. If you’re in or near Winnipeg on May 21st and want to enjoy some fabulous food and wine, why not come to the “Swing into Spring” tasting that I’m hosting at Mise Bistro.
Beaulieu Vineyards Coastal Estates Zinfandel
April 26, 2009Not sure what the relevance of the term ‘coastal’ is, since I thought most of California’s Zin vineyards (Zinyards??) are inland. But whatever they call it, BV has done a great job with this wine.
A milestone
March 24, 2009In the time between my last post and now, the site just hit 30,000 page views. Considering how rarely I’ve been able to post over the last year or so, that’s not bad at all!
Cheese @ Mise
March 24, 2009I finally got a chance to run a tasting in the new Mise location (Corydon at Lilac). They’ve done a great job of fixing the place up and one of the bonuses is that they are running a store alongside the restaurant. A store that sells many varieties of great cheese. And they have a private room upstairs which is perfectly suited for wine tastings.
Cheese. Wine. I’m sure you see where this is headed. This post is a little longer than normal, but I really enjoyed this tasting and wanted to share my thoughts.
Mommessin Beaujolais ‘Grande Reserve’
February 11, 2009I’m a sucker for flashy packaging, so there was no way I could pass up this red. Not only was it a Beaujolais (a wine I’ve always enjoyed), but it comes in a neat aluminum bottle and features a little dot on the label that tells you when the wine is chilled. Even though the rest of graphics on the label did nothing for me (clearly it’s not aimed at my marketing demographic) I couldn’t resist this wine.
