by Mary Beth Vierra | Jan 16, 2021 | Wine Education, Wine Regions
What’s a Meritage wine? Is it the same as a Bordeaux Blend? 🔻 Want to know?… just scroll! 🔻 A WINE BY ANY OTHER NAME…You say BORDEAUX BLEND… I say MERITAGE* What’s up? The Wines, The Grapes...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Jan 8, 2021 | Wine Education, Wine Regions, Wine Reviews, Food & Wine
What can I say, this one’s a steal at just $4.49! Check out the “wowza” snack pairing I discovered with it – might be worth a TJ run this weekend.Scroll down for my Wine #3 review As you know by now, I accepted a wine challenge – find wines...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Jan 5, 2021 | Wine Education, Wine Regions, Wine Reviews
Happy New Year! 🌟I hope you rang in 2021 safely, warmly and with a glass of something good in hand (even if it wasn’t until your favorite coffee at 8am!) TJ’s Wine Finds – Good Wines Priced at a Steal! Trade Joe’s has a wine aisle teeming with (often)...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Nov 14, 2020 | Wine Education, Wine Reviews, Food & Wine
It’s almost….THANKSGIVING! 🍂🍁 🦃 Hello, and a warm welcome to cool air and warm colors of Fall/Autumn. Thanksgiving is almost upon us. Though our gatherings may be pared down this year, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well and have plans for...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Oct 30, 2020 | Wine Education, Wine Regions, Wine Reviews
You like rare, undiscovered, phenomenal? Meet TIMORASSO Timorasso – the indigenous white grape born from the hills around the city of Tortona (the Colli Tortonesi DOC) in the southeastern-most corner of Piemonte, pushing like a thumb between the hills of Liguria...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Apr 22, 2020 | Featured, Viticulture, Wine Education
A Vine’s Best Friend In honor of Earth Day, I bring you – Mustard from Dry Creek Valley blowing in the breeze, giving home to some very happy buzzing bees! This patch of yellow flowers was growing tall, in an otherwise fallow vineyard plot. . Not Just a...