gettingyourmoneysworthnyc.com GettingYourMoneysWorthNYC.com – Judith West. Holiday invitations make you ask: What can I bring? WALL STREET JOURNAL wine gurus suggest proseco from Italy. It’s a gentle, sparkling, all-purpose white wine, good with appetizers or dinner. Easy on the pocketbook. Under twenty bucks. Another value is Malbec from Argentina. Spicey red wine everybody loves, available for fifteen to twenty bucks, a winner for Getting Your Money’s Worth. More value, go for a 2005 … Read More

This week we have a special celebration episode. The three wines we suggest would all be perfect for marking an important occasion. There’s a sparkling white that might be the best non-French bottle out there, a Coonawarra red recently nominated as Australia’s best drop and a Rutherglen fortified sure to be great drinking on someone’s 21st… even if they have just been born! Read More

Thurs, Arpil 17th join us for a private Expat Connection Wine Tasting with 0800 Vinos, @ 7:30pm in Abasto at Anchorena 695. Join us, Nigel Tollerman (founder and owner of 0800-VINO) and Expat Connection would invite you to an intimate tasting in Nigel’s spectacular wine cellar located in Abasto (Anchorena 695). picasaweb.google.com The format is informal with sommelier Nigel introducing the wines, generally chatting and answering questions. We’ll open some interesting sparkling, white and … Read More

are in the mood for fine German wine and food, you should consider the Franconia region of southeastern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local Silvaner white wine. I’ll let you in on a secret. A year and a half ago I reviewed a previous vintage of this wine. I liked it so much that I wanted to review it again. The rest of the article hasn’t changed much but the review was completely rewritten from scratch. Let’s see what a difference two years makes.

Franconia is bordered on the north by the Main River and by the Danube on the south. It is named for a Germanic tribe known as the Franks, who also gave their name to France. After centuries of independence, the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815 made Franconia part of Bavaria in s Read More

the terrible Artic temperatures in our part of the world, I figured why not review a well-known rose wine from the Rhone Valley region of southeastern France. This beautiful area ranks second in acreage of France’s eleven wine-growing regions. The region runs some 200 kilometers (125) miles along the Rhone River. The northern part is really narrow. Its major white variety is Viognier and major red grape variety is Syrah. This area produces some of the best red wines in all France, and if you ask partisans some of the world’s best red wines. But the north produces only about 5% of the total Rhone Valley production. Wine in the southern Rhone Valley tends to be blended. For example, the wine reviewed below comes from three different grapes.

Tavel is a village of about 1500 people located near some great vineyards, not far from th Read More

Tresor Rose Brut fine french wine, best sparkling french wine at great prices on winedirect UK winedirect.co.uk Sparkling Wine, Bouvet-Ladubay, Tresor Rose Brut, Cabernet Franc, France, Loire, Sparkling Wine … bouvet-ladubay tresor rose brut vintage loire cuvee chardonnay winedirect wine tasting red white sparkling Read More

AND MUSCAT RAISINS Italian-Inspired Makes 4 servings 1/4 pound pancetta, thinly sliced 1/3 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings 1 yellow onion, sliced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons dried marjoram 6 yellow bell peppers, peeled, cored, seeded, deveined, and cut into thick strips 8 plum tomatoes, blanched, peeled and roughly chopped 2 cups Italian sparkling white wine 1/3 cup capers 1/2 cup Muscat or golden raisins 1. Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 300 … Read More

are in the market for fine French wine and food, why don’t you consider the up and coming wine region of southwestern France? You may even find a bargain. I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local red wine based on the indigenous Negrette and the international Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes.

Among France’s eleven wine-growing regions the South-west ranks sixth in acreage. Surprisingly enough this is the first wine that we have reviewed from this region. The most famous alcoholic beverage produced in this beautiful region is Armagnac that many prefer to Cognac. Parts of this region neighbor Bordeaux so don’t be surprised that some of the local wines are quite good, and yet more moderately priced than many of its world-famous neighbor’s offerings.

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If you are in the market for fine French wine and food, why don’t you consider the world famous Provence region in southeastern France? Perhaps you will find a bargain wine in this sun-drenched ideal tourist location, which is marred only by the number of tourists. I hope that you’ll enjoy yourself on this fact-filled wine education tour of this French candidate for paradise in which we review a local red wine based on the red Mourvedre grape.

Among France’s eleven wine-growing regions Provence ranks ninth in acreage if you include the island of Corsica, which most people do in spite of their considerable differences. Provence is synonymous with rose wine, and although its percentage is declining, happily according to many wine lovers. Over 50% of Provence wine is rose, or as some might say, pink. Many of its wines are p Read More

and bustle, but that doesn’t mean that there is little to see or do at Three Choirs. Our visitor centre includes an exhibition and video that reveal the mysteries of winemaking and the life of Three Choirs throughout changing changing seasons. Every current estate wine – white, red, rose and sparkling – is available in our well stocked shop along with a range of gifts for wine and food lovers. … The Three Choirs Vineyard Wine Gloucestershire Newent Dymock Forest of Dean Oz clarke James may UK … Read More