This is wine country

OK to go to the restaurant. My dear wife Karen and wonderful friend Georgia were speculating where, exactly, would be a good place to meet Chris for lunch before she took off to her winter spot in Florida. Beautiful setting. Owera Vineyards is back open and putting out food in Cazenovia, I offered. Variety! Yes,…

Chocowine just had to happen

My dear wife Karen really, really likea chocolate. She also likes some kinds of red wine. Yes, she has attended the Wine and Chocolate festival. The people who make the juice of the grape had to find a way to get the sweet cocoa in there, sure. Some brands don’t cut it with Karen, though.…

Wine o’clock with a side of Di’Giorno’s

So what does a guy do when he gets home from a snowy Friday at the library and his dear wife Karen is in Florida with Georgia visiting Chris? I toasted toward the south. And I shared a slice from the new oven with our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. And still…

A new try with 19 Crimes

We broke into one of my presents from my dear wife Karen. She knew I enjoyed the 19 Crimes Red Blend. And so the new Banished had sat invitingly on our little rack since Christmas. Deep red the color was, meeting my tastes, which have traveled in the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Free Range Red…

A great-named wine for a blustery day

Before our pre-Valentine’s Day date was complete, my dear wife Karen and I stopped at our favorite wine store. After all, it was in between the mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA and our cherished Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Karen roamed the aisles, still in the mood for…

The slippers and the stoppers

What makes me happy on my birthday morning proper? My dear wife Karen handed over two nicely wrapped packages just seconds behind my coffee in the cup the size of my head two days ago. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle watched closely ready to take credit, too. Ah, yes. New slippers, same as the old…

The latest label in our tour

While shopping for other things as our Cape Cod pre-tourist-rush June week in the Happy Cottage wound down, my dear wife Karen and I had to pull down one more newbie to sit next to the Dark Horse Cab Sav that I brought from home. So we threw it in with the bag of Blue…

I won’t flip flop on Flip Flop

We walked into the liquor store knowing we wanted the next label in our wine-expanding experiment. I was pushing for 19 Crimes, suggested by my smart blogging friend Hollie. My dear wife Karen was in for this interestingly named variety, so we closely looked over the Merlot shelves. That’s the grape we’ve been drinking together…

Barefoot? Why not, it’s almost summer

How about a stop at Harbor View, my dear wife Karen suggested while we were plotting out trip to see the weekly movie. Our favorite wine store. She expanded her reasoning. I’d declared that I’d liked my glass of Barefoot brand Merlot on our visit with SUNY Morrisville journalism alumni and friends to celebrate the…