by Mary Beth Vierra | Jan 7, 2021 | Wine Regions, Wine Reviews, Food & Wine
Let’s continue our walk down Trader Joes’ wine aisle! As I shared in Tuesday’s email, I accepted a wine challenge – find wines $12.99 & UNDER, from one wine re-seller. I chose TRADER JOE’S! Are there any I’d recommend? I’m happy to report, of the 9 I put in my...
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 | Nov 12, 2020 | Featured, Viticulture, Wine Reviews
Che Syrah Syrah! ….Sonoma Coast Style Oh Syrah, one of my favorite grapes turned wine. The range of styles it can produce, whether the ripest and richest “Shiraz” versions of Australia’s hottest climes, the bold spicy long-lived benchmark Hermitage, or silky to...
by Mary Beth Vierra | Oct 31, 2020 | Wine Reviews, Food & Wine
Looking for delicious?… Want a grape that will take you from porch sipping to appetizers, a seafood meal to pastas or roast chicken? Just load up on floral, fruity, quenching, versatile VERMENTINO. It’s an indigenous variety from northwestern Italy (think...
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...