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To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Clarifying Times, click here. *This is a rewrite of the original post due to a data corruption incident – ugh* Well with this installment we’re pretty much caught up with Joe and the wine making process. It’s now time to wait a few months Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure: Installment 6 – Time to Oak! Please follow and like us:   
 
*This is a re-post as the original was lost due to a data corruption error. So much to worry about.* For some unexplained reason, Cheri has always wanted to visit Mount Airy on one of our trips to Winston-Salem. It’s the home town of Andy Griffith, and inspired the town in the Andy Griffith Show, Continue reading Visit to Old North State Winery in Mount Airy, NC Please follow and like us:
To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – The Fire Breathing Dragon, click here. With the balancing act hopefully in hand, and the juice settled down again, it was now time to hit the home stretch. Most people like clear wine. These days there is a big push for organic, biodynamic, unfiltered, Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Installment 5: Clarifying Times Please follow and like us:
Here’s the last of our restaurant reviews from last month’s trip to The Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, NC. You can read about the winery at Biltmore here, and the overall trip review here. All of the restaurants are on the estate proper, so they are an integral part of the trip and a big factor Continue reading Dining Review of Cedric’s Tavern at the Biltmore Estate Please follow and like us:
We recently picked up a few half bottles of the 2006 Finca Villacreces. This property is right next to Vega Sicilia in Ribera del Duero, and used to provide fruit to them. Vega Sicilia is probably the leading estate of the region and home to the iconic Unico, a Tempranillo and Cabernet blend that is Continue reading One Outstanding Ribera del Duero Please follow and like us:
To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure click here. It’s been a while since we added to the continuing saga of Joe’s journey toward good homemade wine. That’s not to say he hasn’t been busy over the last six months, because he has. It’s just been that he hasn’t had time to Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Installment 4: The Fire Breathing Dragon! Please follow and like us:
We only have a few 2003 Bordeaux bottles left, as they have been showing well but also mature, and several have actually been a bit past peak. There’s not much worse in your cellar than a bottle, and a good bottle at that, which you let go a little too long. Actually letting one go Continue reading A 2003 Bordeaux That is Still Going Strong Please follow and like us:
On our night at the Biltmore Estate Cheri and I decided to have dinner in the Dining Room, the restaurant on the lower level of the inn. It looked very nice, and the menu was pretty attractive as well. They suggest gentlemen wear jackets to dinner, so we expected a more formal approach to the Continue reading Dinner in The Dining Room at the Inn on Biltmore Estate Please follow and like us:
Today we review a Spanish Cabernet that is a blast from the past. Years ago we tried a Cabernet from Raimat, I think it was a 1997, and loved it. The bottle had been opened at an Italian restaurant on Cape Cod, and then we searched high and low for a case but it was Continue reading A Spanish Cabernet, Not Worth Searching For Please follow and like us:
It was a relatively late flight to Charlotte on the recent trip to the Biltmore Estate, so we stopped in Gastonia for a late dinner. The restaurant was Lotus Bar and Eatery, kind of an Asian fusion place in a plaza. The menu looked good online, and it was close to our first hotel. Turned Continue reading Dining Review of Lotus Bar and Eatery, Gastonia NC Please follow and like us:
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