Wine Styles
My dream: be in the wine business. Not sure I’d want to run a retail store like Wine Styles, but it’s good to see them in the Anchorage market. We needed a store like...
Tagged: Wine
Dinner 1, Sartain 0
Well, our inaugral get together went off great and you’ll now have several other posters on this blog. Last night we had a beatiful dinner of French country cuisine including lamb shanks, bread, beans,...
Aussie Attack
Well, the first post of the Alaskan Grape Nuts… of course, we’ll be lucky to keep these posts alive beyond a couple, so let’s get right into it. I’ve been drinking quite a few...
We’re nuts for grapes!
Welcome to the Alaska Grape Nuts blog! Who are we? A few folks that love good food, good wine, and good friends. Most of us understand the social aspects of food and wine. And...
Changing palate, vegetables, and life
Some notes on wine: I bought another bottle of Black Chook today, actually two bottles. I had this wine first several months ago when I was doing a sampling of Shiraz. I remember liking...
Wine Blogs
I’ve been listening to wine podcasts, reading some wine blogs, and a month or so ago stumbled on wine library tv. Gary, the host, has a great attitude on wine. I’ve been telling a...
Pinot Noir
You’ve heard of the Sideways effect, right? The movie is about 2 guys, one a connoisseur and one a bit of an oaf, taking a weekend trip up to wine country. Miles, the oenophile,...
Kumala wine
We tried a new wine tonight, Kumala, a South African wine (http://www.kumalausa.com/wines/wine.php?id=183). It was a good wine, nothing special. Slightly sweet, definitely nice fruit flavors, although I didn’t detect the spiciness that they mention....
