The Wining Woman

Tomorrow is the day.. Families get together after a long time apart.. alot of food and wine is shared.. and usually, there are some great stories that take place. I am in Florida doing the cooking and choosing the wine for just a small group of 4! That’s a nice number although I would be happier if my son would be with me.
I have the menu planned and the wines chosen and look forward to a really relaxing day followed by a day on the beach after that. That’s my idea of a holiday.
Now if you are still unsure about the wine to serve with your Thanksgiving meal you really can’t go wrong with a Dry Riesling for the white wine lovers and a good Red Burgundy or other Pinot Noir for all others! Whatever you choose, relax and enjoy … and be safe.
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The Wining Woman

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The 3rd Thursday of November is the release date of Beaujolais Nouveau, the fresh and fruity wine made from the Gamay grape. It is never a wine that is around for long but always arrives with a big bang All around the world there are release parties, tastings, dinners and anything to celebrate  this easy drinking wine. My favorite celebratory story this year took place in Japan. There they are not only drinking it but bathing in it! A few bottles are poured into the open air hot springs at the Hakone Kowakein Yonnesun spa resort in Hakone, Japan while the bathers sip a glass or two. Sounds like a good time to me. I wonder what it does for their skin.
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The Wining Woman
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Sparrow Wine is Hoboken’s main wine retailer and I have yet to attend one of their annual grand tastings. Well, tonight is it. Our New Jersey Chapter of Women for Winesense will have a table there. Our intention is to get more members!! We have a great organization. It’s a national non-profit group that was started to help promote the positive aspects of wine. I founded the NJ Chapter in October 2005 and we have had some fantastic and interesting wine events over these past few years.
If you have already bought your ticket to the event.. please make sure to stop by and visit. If you can’t make the event have a look at www.womenforwinesense.org and see what we’re all about.
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The Wining Woman
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We had a small dinner party lastnight.. 2 couples over for some home made Lasagna and other nibbles. Being an Italian night.. we started with our usual favorite aperetif prosecco, this time, the Riondo. Nice, light and peachy it’s a real crowd pleaser. We had a bottle of De Forville Langhe 2007 Nebbiolo that my husband decanted waiting for us at the table. But, our friend’s boyfriend brought a bottle of his favorite Pinot Noir from California that shared his name “Ryan” that we decided to have first.  We drank and he was disappointed. Something about this wine was just not complete. While the nose screamed Pinot the taste on the palate was actually sharp and just faded away. Never mind, we had the Nebbiolo to look forward to. And, so we sat down and poured that for everyone. Hmmm.. we wondered what was going on with that wine. It smelled a bit funky and manure like (not wonderful smells for a wine in my book) but, interestingly, none of those aromas came through on the palate. Instead, the wine seemed thin and grass like. Again, a wine that missed its mark but we carried on drinking. My husband quickly gave our guests one of our latest and favorite Pinot Noirs from the Anderson Valley – the Londer 2006. A quick remedy to the off wine situation we were having. Well, once that was finished we returned to our Italian theme with the Masut da Rive 2004 Merlot. Big and bold this wine needed the food. I actually loved it with the meatiness of the lasagna. Without it, again, the wine seemed unbalanced and rough. We finished off with a truly nice Masselino Moscato d’Asti, a wine I knew our guests would enjoy and they did.

In the end, we finished with some limoncello.. always a nice ending to an Italian feast.
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The Wining Woman
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In case you’re on the road and about to check into some motel in the middle of no-where you can now quench your thirst by picking up a bottle of “fresh and fruity” Chardonnay or “full-bodied Cabernet” from your local 7-11. This long established convenience store is adding their own line of wines to their always value priced line of items. The decision to carry their own brand of wines was sparked by the increase in consumers looking for value wines giving this chain revenues in excess of $46 million in the US alone! The Yosemite Road brand hails from California with the same owners as the famous Almaden, Inglenook, Glen Ellen, Franzia, Cobett Canyon and a few others. Oh, and the wine will be priced at $3.99.
And, as if that’s not enough, these wines are going to be available at Denny’s restaurants across the country. Denny’s isn’t just for breakfast anymore!
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The Wining Woman

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ZITA KEELEY’S WINE SCHOOL

After a long search for a good home for my wine school  I am thrilled that we have found the perfect location. Directly on the Hudson River waterfront, a block or so from the PATH train, ferry and light rail I’ll be teaching at the Melting Pot at 100 Sinatra Drive in Hoboken.

To start things off, we have a shorter 5 week session of my wine appreciation course scheduled to start on Sunday November 15th! It will run for 5 consecutive Sundays from 5:30-7:30PM. You’ll learn how to taste, how to pair food and wine, how to buy, store and serve wine and a whole lot more. Most importantly, you will enjoy wine!!

The cost for the entire course is $325 and you must register and pay in advance. You can download the registration form from the website at www.allidoiswine.com/WINESCHOOL.html or email me at info@allidoiswine.com.

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The Wining Woman

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