Two New Favorites
Right up there with “Snow” and “Christmas,” the Pierre Janny Bourgogne Chardonnay Echavon 2007 is officially one of my new favorite whites. (Alas, I could only find a link to the ’06). Cellar Mouse and...
View ArticleWine Sale!
Say you’ve been to see your OB/GYN, and say you have a prescription to pick up. Say you have to wait an hour for said prescription to be ready, and also, by the way, your insurance won’t cover it...
View ArticleWine is meant to be crunk (according to Hardy)
First stop on our Sonoma trip was to visit the Dirty South Wine man himself Hardy Wallace in Santa Rosa. This worked out perfectly because the location of the tasting room was near Drunk Mama’s...
View ArticleSailing (take me away… with wine)
I often feel like I have to fly across the country or an ocean before I am truly on a tourist vacation. What an idiot I am. Recently some good friends of mine wanted to get away for the weekend...
View ArticleWine of the Week: Shenanigans Celtic Chardonnay
Really? Is someone out there still drinking white wine? Now, when the leaves are a-blaze and the temps dipping? When it’s dark outside round six o’clock? Nonsense, you say, this is red wine weather!...
View ArticleThanksgiving Wine List – round up edition
What to serve this Thanksgiving? It is confusing with the poultry and savory sides. It ends up blurring the lines between red and white wines. I will start by telling you what we are doing and then...
View ArticleStresa Italy
Stresa Italy sits on the edge of Lake Maggiore close to the Switzerland/Italian border. We were lucky enough to have lunch at this quaint quiet restaurant. We were served multiple bottles of this wine....
View ArticleThe Report from Sonoma County, Part 1
Snapshot of a weekend: sippy cup, Dostoevsky, chocolate and pinot! Drunk Mama here, reporting from beautiful Sebastopol, CA. We came up on Sunday afternoon, for our annual visit with my brother-in-law...
View ArticleFriday night is pizza night
Drunk Mama has mentioned before that Friday night’s are pizza-and-movie nights around these parts. Well it is true for myself and Mouse Trap too. Mudpie and Drunk Mama (heck Sober Dad too) make some...
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