Thank you to Patricius Winery for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are mine. Transform some of your favorite seasonal dishes with the light, summery notes of wines of Patricius Winery! The idea of ‘Firsts’ is engraved into our mindset, on a perhaps primal level. We revere the Wright Brothers, for example, because they managed…
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Vivanco Wines
Thank you to Vivanco Wines for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are mine. Throughout the millennia, fermented grape juice from meticulously cultivated vines has been a ‘force for culture.’ Mycenean civilization, for example, correlated roughly to the areas where the archeological record shows evidence for vines, with vines and the fermented grape juice thereof…
Herzog Wines
This message is intended for persons 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Predictability. Certainty. Routine. Security. Sameness. These are words that, despite lending themselves to the mundane, are words most often associated with a certain sense of ‘security.’ These words remove the fear of the unknown, thereby allowing safe planning into the future. In winemaking, these words…
Epicurious Wines
Thank you to Epicurious Wines for sponsoring this post. Please enjoy responsibly. I’ve written a numbers of times here on Living the Gourmet that the combination of food and wine ties directly into the idea of presentation – only in a far more direct way. One thing that master chefs learn, often by trial and…
Mommy’s Time Out Wine
This message is intended for persons 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Holidays conjure images of crowded tables, copious and gratuitous decorations, and, of course, at least for the hosts among us, thoughts of impossible expectations both from one’s guests and from the memories of ‘good old days’ now locked in the idealized past. Within the culinary…
