WINE OF THE WEEK

How exciting to learn that October 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day! I say we make a weekend of it and indulge in variations on the theme on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Did you know that cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small cups” was written in American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons. Hooray for […]

What glorious weather we’ve had! All I can say about this weekend is, “Get thee to a local winery!” Ask about this year’s harvest; the news is good. Learn about what the winery and winemaker take great pride in. Discover a style you may not have tried before. Like the Landmark Red from Whitecliff Winery. Michael and Yancy Migliore have been growing grapes and […]

It’s prime apple-picking, pumpkin patch, fall festival time, with farms all around us offering hay rides, cider donuts, and all things fall. A wine to enhance this enjoyment? Something locally grown, locally made, locally offered, and downright delicious. You’ll find all this at Hopkins Vineyard in Warren, Connecticut. The first vines were planted on this beautiful site in 1979, and today the winery offers […]

So long, September! You gave us some spectacular days. I’ll raise a toast with a rose sparkling wine so I can enjoy both the deliciousness of the wine and the color of it in the glass, which is so much like the pink hues of dawn and dusk. Since it’s a salute to the real end of summer, I’m going with something extra special. […]