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32nd Annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival – Presentation 20 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
Yesterday I spoke about how I went about choosing the wines I did for the celebrity chef pairings at the Vintage Virginia wine Festival this past year. Today I’m going to talk about what wines I actua...
32nd Annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival – Preparation 18 Jun 2013 | 07:01 pm
On June 1st and 2nd this year, the 32nd Annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival was held at Bull Run Special Events Center in Centreville, Virginia. I was very proud to be selected to do the wine pairin...
Wine Tasting Styles 21 May 2013 | 12:10 am
I can still remember the very first wine tasting I ever participated in. It was at a winery in the Finger Lakes region of New York near Canandaigua Lake. It was during a family vacation to Niagara Fal...
The Tasting Room 7 May 2013 | 09:22 pm
It has been my observation that tasting rooms fall into one of two categories, they were either built specifically as a tasting room or they were a pre-existing building on the property that was repur...
Life in a Tasting Room 3 May 2013 | 08:45 pm
I am frequently asked what it’s like to work in a tasting room at a winery or just as often, how does one become a person that does this. The easy answer is usually a bit of desire and the willingness...
Even Judges Need a Little Practice 23 Apr 2013 | 11:34 pm
For those of you that don’t know, I recently became a Certified Barbeque Judge (CBJ) for the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS). This means that I can go to barbeque contests around the country (and ...
Variety is the spice of life 16 Feb 2013 | 09:31 pm
I think I have a problem. After realizing that I have four separate containers of dill weed in my spice cabinet, I decided that it was time to do a complete inventory of everything lurking in there. A...
Bleu Cheese, Date and Walnut Cheese Ball 2 Nov 2012 | 07:33 pm
Every month I develop a new recipe for pairing with the featured wine at Fabbioli Cellars. Sometimes the recipe has the wine in it, but mostly it is about the pairing and how the food and wine best wo...
Grilled Portobello “Burgers” with Roasted Red Peppers 31 Oct 2012 | 12:15 am
In spite of my lack of posting recently, I am most definitely still here. However, it was yesterday’s activities that got me thinking about putting up another recipe. You see yesterday, Hurricane Sand...
Seared Tuna and Foie Gras with a Burgundy Butter Sauce 20 Jun 2012 | 01:05 am
It’s good to have a day off every once in a while. It gives me the luxury of going down to my local Wegmans and spending time just browsing the aisles to see if I can find anything interesting. If you...
