We all know about wine tasting – but what about beer tasting? At my very first beer tasting, I went to a cult favorite, Thirsty Dog Brewing Company in Akron, Ohio. At the source of this brewery, they have a tasting room open to the public. They change the beer on tap regularly, and serve seasonal brews(…)
The Ice House Winery – from that name alone, you can expect nothing but spectacular ice wine. Plus, ice wine slushy? This I have to try! I love ice wine, and never had ice wine slushy before. As soon as you enter, the friendly staff greets you with a refreshing shot ice wine slushy while(…)
There is nothing like find a random little winery off the side of the road on the long road trip. By chance while driving by gorgeous Atwood Lake, I saw a sign that says “Al-Bi Winery”, hey had to pull over, it was calling my name. When I walked into the place, this place was probably one(…)
As an ice wine lover, I have always wanted to visit the famed Inniskillin Winery at Niagara on the Lake in Ontario, Canada. Inniskillin was the first winery in Canada to receive the VAQ (Vitners Quality Alliance) stamp and approval. At the winery, you can choose to taste any particular ice wine for $7 –(…)
There is no better place to experience ice wine than at the Niagara On The Lake Ice Wine Festival. Here, the best ice wine producers of Canada are showcasing this prized method. For a bottle to be labelled “ice wine”, the grapes must freeze at -8 degrees Celsius, with the grapes picked frozen and pressed while still frozen.(…)
Normally I would not pick this bottle up, but a friend of mine that has never taken a drink in over 40 years sent a picture of this bottle to me and told me he just drank it, and loves it. It does make you wonder, if someone who has been so good about(…)
Through a thirsty drive while getting gas, I saw a sign pointing me to D’Avella Family Winery. Considering how I was driving through an area where no vines were growing, I was interested to see what this winery was about. Upon sitting myself down in the tasting room, the wine marker warmly greeted and started explaining(…)
I want to loose weight…yes apparently you and everyone else’s cousin and mother…yet you know you are not willing to sacrifice your evening and/or weekend libation. There is a new kind in town, The Skinny Vine, with wines that promise to be 25-35% less caloric than regular wines per serving. (Totally worth it if you drink(…)
We all know, when you open a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine, you just have to drink the entire bottle. All the champagne savers I purchased over the year never really worked, even the ones that let me pump out the air, so heck with it, just drink the bottle, life is one big(…)
After hours of cancellations and delay of your flight, in a bustling airport where all the passengers are trying to reschedule their flight, the only place of serenity was not the airport chapel or the first class lounge, instead it was Vino Volo, an airport wine bar chain that is creeping up across airports all(…)
