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Oster 12-Bottle Wine Cellar at Wine.Woot.com Today

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | Wine.Woot | No Comments

Folks, if you don’t own a wine fridge and live in a stuffy 3rd floor apartment like I do……..do yourself a favor and purchase one! I am especially excited that Wine.woot puts up random ‘wine-related’ products like these things (and cheese and wine openers, etc.) because if you ain’t storing your wine in it’s little 55 degree comfort zone, all your purchases are forenot. Don’t let that delicious burgundy go to waste!

Spend the $50 and no longer will you have to be worried about the soury vinegar taste of a bad wine…..

Oster 12 Bottle Wine Cellar

$49.99 + $5 shipping

FEATURES:

• Holds 12 bottles of your favorite wines, so you can have a variety of bottles ready to serve
• Thermo-electric cooling system provides consistent cooling without harmful emissions
• Selectable temperature settings, great for storing any type of wine
• Smooth-touch blue LED electronic temperature controls
• Partially mirrored glass door provides a view of the wine collection
• 5 slide-out chrome shelves make it easy to view and select your bottle
• Exterior blue LED temperature display
• Interior LED light displays wine without affecting interior temperature
• Recessed door handle
• Height: 24”
• Width: 12”
• Depth: 20”
• Refrigerator Shelf Construction: Wired
• Temperature Control Type: Electric

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Meigas Wine Tasting Event - April 3rd, Norwalk, CT

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | Restaurant Reviews, wine events | No Comments

Just a quick note to let you all know that Meigas Restaurant will be hosting a Spanish wine tasting dinner on April 3rd, 2009. The tasting will be done by Pablo de Simon, the winemaker for Valserrano. This is going to be a treat, as I am very much in love with their wines from the Rioja Alavesa region.

Click here to make reservations.

This is going to be a little different as it will be Friday night. Tapas and wine will be served family style and a fresh carving off freshly grilled Rib Eye steak will finish as a finale just before dessert!

I just ate here the other night and every single one of my taste-buds were tantalized. It was phenomenal food and presentation. Chef Miguel, who is from Galicia, Spain, doesn’t’ just cook food; he creates an ‘experience’ that you are NOT going to find anywhere else in the neighborhood. He takes the idea of eating to an all new level with sophisticated pairings / plating of grilled halibut with a port wine reduction, or steamed muscles with a spicy tomato sauce indicative of adobo. Crispy mushroom ravioli with a cream sauce made from 4 different and rich flavored mushrooms. I was doing the happy food dance!

Other events / nights to check out Meigas:

10 Tapas Tasting Menu. FANTASTIC!

See Menu Here.

• Tapas Tasting $64.00 per person. (website says per couple, but I believe that is a typo…. I’m letting them know.)
• This Menu is Available Sunday Thru Thursday only

3-Course Prix Fix Dinner

See Menu Here.

• Available Monday & Tuesday evening.
• for only $24 per person.

Sunday Brunch!

Hope you enjoy your experience as much as I did. I plan on being back regularly. Don’t miss it!

Oh, and while I have you here, check out the NY Times review as well.

Cheers!

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My Tasting Around the World @ Zinc, New Haven

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | Food Pairings, Wine Stories | 2 Comments

It was a remarkable thing the other night - went to Zinc in New Haven, CT for dinner to find in front of me my own, personal wine tasting from around the world.

It started with Italy, then to France, to Spain and off to Argentina.

Italy brought me a lovely extra dry Brut sparkling wine - Dry, crisp, toasty bubbles that tickled my nose. Great as the starter….just needed a strawberry or two. Of course, being playfully fed will suffice as well.

France started with a wonderfully fragrant Pinot Blanc from the Alscace region. Honeysuckle, light citrus notes, lemon, some spring flowers, and a delicate light flavor. Not acidic, not sweet; just smooth and refreshing. Fantastically paired with some Salmon gravlox and capers. Also a plate of Fried Crab & Shiitake Spring Rolls really brought out the floral notes of the wine.

Spain presented me with a fruity Tempranillo from the Rioja region, one grape of which I’m quite familiar. (I’d like to think that I’ve been there just from knowing the wines so well.) But alas, it is on my list of places to visit soon enough!

The winner of the evening to pair with dinner, however, was a Crios Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina. Susan Balbo knows her wine and how to create great ones. Fantastic with my leg of lamb and sauteed brocolli rabe and sweet potato gratin. The glass of wine gracefully led me into the chocolate dessert tasting of assorted housemade chocolate truffles served on a cold piece of marble tile. What a wonderful finish…….

Some upcoming events to keep you interested:

CHEF’S TABLE TASTINGS - December 2008 - May 2009!

The Chef’s Table Tastings will run once each month [usually the first Wednesday of the month, holidays permitting] and will always feature a unique tasting menu. Even better, the cost is $35 per person all-inclusive [food, wine, tax and gratuity]. Or buy the whole series, 4 events for $100.

April Chef’s Table: Tuesday, April 7, 6:30pm at CHOW — Greek Wines, Meze-Greek Appetizers + Small Plates

Cheers!

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