WINE OF THE WEEK
Wine and Music
March can feel endlessly gray, so it helps to load it with bright spots when and where you can.
Wine counts! So does live music.
Put them together and you have a soul-lifting, sunshiny day no matter the weather. Milea Estate Vineyard in Staatsburg offers delicious wines across the board, from a lovely Chardonnay to a juicy Cab Franc and much more, and this Saturday, March 12, […]
Mulled Wine
Watching the snow fall if you’re safe and warm inside is a special kind of magic. Getting out to shovel or clear it is a special kind of punishment. Coming back inside from snow removal is cause for reward, and here’s just the ticket: mulled wine.
Besides the great taste and the delightful warmth of this special drink is the additional pleasure you can take in […]
Simple and Affordable
I went looking for a simple, affordable wine that would give me a good vibe and also (hopefully) some good flavor.
I went with farmhouse (lower case intentional). For less than $12, this California red has a lovely label with a block-print design of a farmhouse stamped against a brown-paper background the the words, “trust in nature, trust in yourself” on the front. It turns out […]
A Wine for the Winter Blues
It’s cold, it’s January, and everyone’s in a funk.
Here’s a wine to go with the mood – and uplift it, for sure. It’s a Chilean red blend called The Seeker.
It’s made up of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 25% Syrah, so it’s almost a Bordeaux blend (Cab/Merlot), which is hearty yet smooth, but with a nice lift from the Syrah. There’s a beautiful bright […]
A “Wine of the Week” is brought to you by Dominique DeVito, a founder of the Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY, and lifelong food and wine enthusiast. In Vino Veritas!
