Fondly named after my hometown, a mixer I consistently enjoy in the summer. Substitute sweeteners depending on your preference. WAYZATA BEACH ICED TEA [to make the tea] Boil 4 cups of water with 3/4 cup sugar, add 2-3 Tablespoons fresh Ginger. Bring to a boil, make sure all the sugar dissolves. When it has, take [...]
Archive for June, 2010
[wayzata beach iced tea...(summerbooze)]
Posted in Cocktails on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[one week on the wall; june25...(links)]
Posted in Links on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few items I came across this week: Alfonso Cevola runs into Ludacris promoting his new ‘Conjure’ Cognac [via, On The Wine Trail]. A recap of the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest [via, A Perfect Pint] Rock The Garden 2010: the time lapse video [via, LOL/OMG] CNN’s Eatocracy blog gives the Heavy Table some love [...]
[wine+dine by design; june23...(wineevents)]
Posted in MSP Happenings, tagged wine tasting on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I attended the Midwest Home Magazine Wine+Dine By Design tasting on June 23rd in the Valcucine space at International Market Square. It was originally supposed to be held in the Bespoke showroom, however it had to be switched due to the last-minute arrival of some ill-fitting countertops for their display floor. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl was in attendance and food [...]
[2008 tre monti vigna rocca albana...(thelist2)]
Posted in Wine, tagged Expo List, Italian Wine on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
[The Expo List, Part 2 of 7] As I laid out in Part 1 of this series, I’m on a mission to track down the seven wines from the Minnesota Monthly Food & Wine Experience in February that I had noted in my wine journal as being ‘standout’ wines. I do not remember the criteria for [...]
[wine thoughts, 1]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The subtle Alchemist that in a Trice Life’s leaden Metal into Gold transmute. -Omar Khayyam
[one week on the wall; june18...(links)]
Posted in Links on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Things of note I came across this week: Obama to China: Buy more American wine [via Cork'd] Summit using Candi Sugar for their fourth release in the Unchained Series [via Summit Beer Blog] Video of the Week: How to open a bottle of wine with a shoe [via Wimp.com] A fascinating, in-depth look a case [...]
[riesling, back to basics...(idahowine?)]
Posted in Wine, tagged german wine, idaho wine, Riesling on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing my ‘I’ve Got Rieslings In Weird Places’ theme I started last week with one from Ontario, how about one from Idaho? At my good friend R. LaParola’s cabin last weekend, we had brought up a few bottles and dug into his aunt’s storage space which included more than a few wines older than I am. We selected a [...]
[2009 Reserve des Vignerons Saumur Rose...(grillwines)]
Posted in Wine, tagged Cabernet Franc, French Wine, Rose Wine on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I hate it that Rosé is treated like the pink-headed stepchild of the wine world. Maybe that color conjures up hazy memories of playing Slap The Bladder with a pouch of White Zin, or maybe it’s seen as the emasculating wine-world equivalent of Smirnoff Ice. Julia Child proclaimed that Rosés can be served with anything, but for whatever reason, [...]
[one week on the wall; june11...(links)]
Posted in Links on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Items of note I’ve come across this week: Good tasting notes on the current releases at Ch. Ste. Michelle [My Chateau, via Snooth] MPLS.TV and the Thrifty Hipster highlight happy hour at King & I Thai [Watch the video, via LOL/OMG] Lettie Teague tastes Vinho Verdes [On Wine - WSJ]. These are young Portuguese wines, great [...]
[2007 Vineland Semi-Dry Riesling...(canadianwine)]
Posted in Wine, tagged Canadian Wine, Riesling on June 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A few years ago, during one of my sommelier schooling classes, it took me a little while to wrap my head around the idea – Canadian Wine? Really? Minnesota needs the UofM to genetically engineer grapes for cold weather climates, and Canada is growing Riesling? Upon closer inspection, it’s not so surprising. I mean, they ripen the [...]
