Category: Reviews

  • 🍽️ The Ritual Another Friday, another delicious dilemma: what wine pairs best with homemade pizza? Our tradition is simple — pizza night every Friday. It’s easy to make, satisfying to eat, and always open to improvisation. Ingredients 🔥 Assembly & Bake No instructions needed — just layer, bake, and enjoy. 🍷 Wine Pairing Wine: 2019…

  • We went all out tonight. Hot dogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, real salad and leftover pasta. Of course you’re wondering what wine would go with that. The winner, completely by fluke! We have been liking Spanish wines lately,especially Rioja. This one is reasonably priced, a nice wine that Vivino rates as a 3.7. It fits…

  • Photo by Is It Possible To See It All This superb example of Chilean wine is a must. The grape is grown in the Cachapoal Valley in Chile. An affordable Gran Reserva at an average price of $21.46 CAD, it is rated as 4.0 by over 800 users on Vivino. This app is worthy of…

  • Since retiring, I have indulged myself in a wide variety of projects, basically all the stuff I’ve wanted to do since, like, forever. One that I am having some fun with is cooking. It is easy to combine with one of my other loves, wine. As my co-conspirator in life has similar tastes, this was…

  • Blog Notes

    Good day! These are just a few notes that have been building up inside that need to be removed. First off, returning to blogging and writing. My first impression is Holy Crap, the format here has changed radically. Going to take some time to relearn some things and become a proficient user once again. Similarly, the site’s look needs…

  • Mazatlán- Getting There – The Calgary Part

    This year’s adventure to Mazatlán began on December 29 with a stay at the former Wyndham Garden Hotel. Now a Hotel 11. As always, we chose to stay at an airport hotel because the flight departs in the morning. We have stayed at this hotel several times as it has a good restaurant and is…