Romancing the Vine Keeping Romance Alive: Applies to Wine Purchases Too!
by Eve Bushman
You know when you are enjoying a romantic dinner and everything just tastes so great? The same thing happens when you are at a winery, a wine dinner, a wine cruise...with or without your significant other.
But, when the lights come back on the next day, why is it that the wine doesn’t taste as good? Buyer’s remorse? Nope, it’s a common complaint among vinophiles that wine tastes better at an occasion than it does at home alone.
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élite Cuisine
This issue for food in the SCV we put together a guide just for you! Take a look!
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Wine Gifts For Your élite Pals
by Eve Bushman
For your holiday gift-giving pleasure I have scoured everything I keep on hand in my purse to items I use for wine tastings. Every item in this little list I either own, or have used.
Not into wine gadgets yourself? Then think of this: A non-wine-drinking reader recently queried me on a wine she could purchase within her budget for a friend with a great cellar. I thought long and hard about this dilemma and finally told her to skip the inexpensive wine (as most people that cellar their wine have tastes a little more eclectic and costly) but, instead, to surprise her pal with one of the latest wine gadgets:
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A Recipe for Success!
by Stephanie Struyck Elgin
Her smile is contagious and her love for cooking…a success. In fact, it was her savory spin on porridge recipe that landed her a grand prize at Bob’s Red Mill Spar Spurtle Ultimate Oatmeal Throwdown.
It was an all out battle of culinary wit as our very own, Merry Graham from Newhall, went head to head against two other finalists in front of a live audience at the Bob’s Red Mill Whole Grain Store in Oregon. Merry’s Black Bean Porridge Patties recipe blew judges away, naming her the grand-prize winner and landing her an all expense paid trip for two to Scotland where she represented Bob’s Red Mill in the 18th annual Golden Spurtle™ World Porridge Making Championship a few months back.
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The Blood of the Vine
by Eve Bushman
As a wine writer, one of the benefits – and there are many – is receiving unsolicited wine for review. Frankly, it usually comes to me. This time, however, my wine was sent to my esteemed editors at élite magazine and they thought it would be fun for me to come down to their offices, taste the wine with them, and give them a little lesson in wine tasting. Scary? Yes, in ways you can hardly imagine.
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Making Good Decisions on Wine
by Eve Bushman
Some of my friends have learned to just smile when I wax on about my belief that enjoying wine is a spiritual pursuit. It’s just that those that take the time to think about the color, aroma and taste of their wine, if taken a step further, are more apt to notice little things in their world…that require the same modicum of thoughtfulness.
In keeping with this issue’s focal point of fitness and beauty, this column will be taking into account our environment and the wellbeing of others, in our relationship with wine.
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