wine pairing
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Revisiting The Wine + Chocolate Pairing Mine Field
About a year ago, I unwittingly unleashed a minor sh*tstorm when I taste-tested some very good chocolates and paired them with some very good wine and found the match up to be not-so-very-good. The main issue then was that the very good chocolates in question…
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Dude, Where’s My “Wine?” (Marijuana And Wine Remain Popular Pairing For California Winemakers)
I recently had a conversation with a celebrity involved in the California wine biz that went something like this: CA Wine Celebrity: “Hey – have you ever had cannabis-infused wine?” Me: “Cannabis-infused?” CWC: “Yeah. Totally. Pot wine?” Me: “No – but I wouldn’t be surprised…
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Holiday Wine Pairing Hangover? Get Some Relief in the New Issue of Mutineer Mag!
This week, we begin what school children in the U.S. have long considered the holy triumvirate of holiday respite, rivaled only by the extended time away from school called Summer Vacation. For this week, the oft-exploited holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas attack us in…
