[caption id="attachment_156" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="Merryvale reserve cabernet"][/caption] I had this bottle in the wine chiller for a few years now, I was told to let it age a couple years before drinking.  I guess they were right.  This was one of the best reds I have tasted in quite a while.  This wine is great to drink by itself.  You'll taste hints of berries and a bit of aged ...

This is a simple yet AWESOME wine cake recipe. I don't know he origins of this recipe but all I can tell you is that it's quick and easy and very tasty. The key to this recipe is to use good Marsala wine and buy yellow cake mix without the pudding in the mix. Danielle's Wine Cake 1 Yellow Cake Mix(without the pudding in the mix) 1 SmaLL iNSTANT Vanilla ...

There’s a certain level of intimidation that comes with drinking wine—and quite often, some overly affected attitudes, says Reneé Rowe, president and founder of the African American Wine Tasting Society. “There really is a lot of pretentiousness about wine,” she says. Furthermore, Rowe believes that those who perpetuate this elitist mindset“ need to get over themselves.” This type of thinking creates the barriers Rowe strives to tear down. Read ...

It's obvious everyone's throwing their end of year wine harvest parties. Here's another harvest party given by Villa Toscano Winery that looks to be a lot of fun, maybe a little too stuffy for me though, I'lll let you be the judge. Here's the information.... Date: October 4th Time: 10am to 5pm Location: 10600 Shenandoah Road, Plymouth, Ca Phone: 209 245 3800 villatoscano.com Wine Tasting Barrel Futures Tasting Every Day Gift Shop

The Big Crush!!!! I haven't been to many of the Amador Valley wineries so this event might be a good place to familiarize myself with Amador wine. Again....If anyone attends this event please let me know if you got to try any of the wines from any of the wineries. I'm curious if they favored napa valley wineries at the festival. I'll toss in a free amore per ...