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This is the last, and somewhat overdue, review of the restaurants we visited during our recently past Christmas holiday. Todd English’s bluezoo is located at the Dolphin Resort on the EPCOT lagoon. This area is probably our favorite place to stay at Disney World, as you have direct access to two parks from this spot Continue reading Dining Review of Todd English’s bluezoo at Walt Disney World Please follow and like us:   
 
We love wines from the Rhone Valley, both the big Syrahs from the northern Rhone and the Grenache blends from the south. Here’s one of those southern Grenache based wines from the Vacqueyras AOC. We’ve opened a few of these over the past two or three years, and this was the best yet as the Continue reading A Good Value Vacqueyras Please follow and like us:
Here’s a robust, red wine you may never have heard of. Hailing from the Umbria region of Italy, the Sagrantino grape produces a wine with power, tannin and acid. There all abundantly evident in this version. This wine has some bottle age already, but it could use a bit more. The acid is prominent, but Continue reading Something Different – a Sagrantino di Montefalco Please follow and like us:
Here’s a tale of two reds, Cabernet Sauvignon to be exact. One is a little older and a lot more expensive. One is a little younger and a very nice eveyday red. There are things to like about both wines, so you won’t find much negative in these notes, just good wine. Here they are: Continue reading Two Cabs, Two Price Points, Two Winners Please follow and like us:
We’ve been hitting the wine event trail pretty regularly, and now it’s time for the big one, the 2014 Boston Wine Expo comes to the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center on Feb 15 and 16. That’s a Saturday and Sunday, making for a very potentially winey weekend. This event features wine from over 185 Continue reading Preview of the 2014 Boston Wine Expo Please follow and like us:
Right up front we’ll say that at any wine event we’ll taste probably two to three reds for every white we try. It’s just the way we’re wired and it’s the title of the blog, but whites are very much a part of our wine view and actually are growing to be more so as Continue reading Top Five White Wines from the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest Please follow and like us:
Here’s our Top Ten list for red wine from the recent 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest. I’ll be honest up front and say I wimped out, couldn’t make the hard decision and left in a tie for tenth, so it is really a top eleven. These were evaluated on overall quality, price (and therefore value) and Continue reading Top Ten Red Wines from the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest Please follow and like us:
We just wrapped up the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest, which is the 11th year for this event, and we have to admit we were pleasantly surprised. We started at the Elite Cru on Saturday afternoon, and then came back for the Grand Tasting on Sunday. There were ups and downs, but way more ups. The Continue reading Summary of the 2014 Mohegan Sun Winefest Please follow and like us:
We love to pull older wines out of the cellar. Generally we’ve been rarely disappointed or unpleasantly surprised when opening a ten year old bottle of quality wine. There have been one or two, and then it becomes an academic exercise of noting the flavors and aromas and what time has done to ravage Continue reading Two Older Wines, One Burgundy and a Bordeaux Please follow and like us:
The Mohegan Sun Winefest is this weekend, and we’ll be covering part of it (you just can’t do everything!). The Saturday Grand Tasting is sold out, but there are still tickets for Sunday. We’ll report back on the wines and food from the weekend. It sounds like a good time. When we get a moment Continue reading Reminder – Mohegan Sun Winefest this Weekend! Please follow and like us:
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