How to Avoid Over-Imbibing on Turkey Day
Planning to shine up your best wide-brimmed stemware for the big Thanksgiving feast? If you’re having guests who will be driving, you may want to re-think that. Given the widely varying size of wine...
View ArticleSo Many Reasons to Be Thankful… Including a Wine-Filled Wedding
On October 24, I married the woman of my dreams in perhaps the most “non-traditional” manner one could imagine. It’s the second marriage for each of us and we both have grown “children,” so instead of...
View ArticleVinesse Grab Bag: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Cyber Monday
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the term “Cyber Monday.” How do you plan to celebrate? We don’t normally use this blog for a blatant sales pitch, but it would be disrespectful...
View ArticleNapa in November: 2 More Reasons to Visit
In yesterday’s blog, we shared information on two events coming to the Napa Valley next month: the Louis M. Martini Winery Lot No. 1 Tasting, and the Napa Valley Film Festival’s Movie Mogul Dinner....
View ArticleFinding Peace During and After Election Night
It’s finally here. Tomorrow, the most contentious Presidential election of our lifetimes finally — mercifully, some would assert — will come to an end. One might say that Thanksgiving is coming 16 days...
View ArticleWhat to Do With Thanksgiving Leftovers — The Wine, That Is
We have an “early” Thanksgiving this year, as the fourth Thursday of the month falls on the 24th. If you follow the advice we give each year — to set up a table with a bunch of glasses, open up several...
View ArticleGo Rogue With This Wine-Friendly Dessert
Yes, you could stop by the local pie shop or bakery and pick up a pumpkin pie to top off the big feast this Thursday. Yes, you could bake a pumpkin pie at home. Or, you could go rogue and do something...
View ArticleWine Is No Worry When You Ham It Up
Things were going so well. I wanted to take the burden of preparing the Thanksgiving meal off the shoulders of my beautiful bride, so I’d been plotting my strategy for weeks. Basically, I would...
View ArticleThanksgiving and Wine: Your Must-Haves
’Tis the season. No, not that season. Not quite yet, anyway. ’Tis Thanksgiving season. So let’s talk turkey. And stuffing. Not to mention mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, candied yams...
View ArticleThe Vinesse Wine Team “Dishes” on their Favorite Holiday Traditions – Some...
Hello, friends of Vinesse! Don’t look now, but Thanksgiving is coming up fast. And as you know, objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear! With the holiday fast approaching, and the...
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