Competitive Wine Party. Why Not?
My friends Brette and Sean recently hosted a fabulous party that was all about wine tasting. Everyone brought bottles for blind tasting and the person who brought the winning wine won a bottle of all the other entries as the prize. While this competitive approach…
November’s Tasting Results Are In!
For the longest time I have been hoping that we would find a real crowd pleaser, a wine that is appreciated across the tribes so that you can take said wine into any party and know your contribution will be a hit. I am thrilled to…
Holiday Gifting
It’s that time of year again and My Wine Tribe is here to help you with all your holiday gifting needs (assuming, of course, that your gift recipient is over 21). There’s something for just about everyone on the unique and thoughtful list below. So, enjoy the…
Happy Black Friday!
In light of today’s Black Friday retail madness I thought you might enjoy a random giggle. Spoiler alert: this story has nothing to do with wine . . . although it does make fun of the type of snobbery that you occasionally encounter when dealing…
Fall Wine Tasting: A Guest Post
In order to provide you with even more customized wine recommendations, we are launching an occasional series featuring guest posts from folks who have hosted a My Wine Tribe tasting with their friends. Cheers to Libby (also known as @pinkskier) for being our first guest blogger….
Something To Cheer About!
From one of our loyal readers comes the latest from The Today Show…wine is good for you! Today highlighted a recent article from Prevention magazine on the ways red wine keeps you healthy. For example, it lowers cholesterol, fights off colds and cancers and makes…
Red State vs. Blue State Showdown
I am sure you are all busy preparing to vote in the upcoming election, but here at My Wine Tribe, we have been pondering issues larger than who will be the leader of the free world. Rather, we are thinking about red state versus blue state…
Spooky Wines
Okay, people. I know you are gearing up for trick or treaters, but do take time to ponder what’s in it for you this Halloween. Thematic wines, that’s what. Who doesn’t like scary labels, ghoulish names and blood red wine? I can’t get enough, so I have…
The September Tasting Results Are In!
The theme of September’s tasting was “wines that are best for a cookout,” so I did what I would do if I was going to a cookout: I went to the grocery store and picked up some wines that looked interesting and were priced right….
Wine 101: What are tannins?
Tannins have nothing to do with getting tan. You can’t drink them and expect some sort of spray tan magic to occur. But they are a really important component of wine and something you need to know about. For years I have been telling waiters that…
Small Town Eats
Big Red and I have found ourselves in some out of the way places recently. Moses Lake and Longview, WA to name a few. Eating and drinking were not the main reasons for our visits, but we found a few notable establishments and had some memorable meals. Moses…
Cheap Wine? Why not!
I ran across an interesting article in Slate on the psychology of wine. Below are some nuggets on why we should be drinking cheaper wines, and here is the link if you want to read the full article. “Ernest Gallo, who, along with his brother Julio, popularized wine…
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