In early October, an earthquake devastated Northern Pakistan. More than 70,000 people died in the tragedy and another 100,000 were injured. You might remember the efforts of the Food (and wine) Blogging Community last February to help those affected by the tsunami in Sout East Asia and East Africa. This year, the blogging community, led by Chez Pim, presents the second Menu For Hope II. Pm has organized this quite differently this year. It’s an raffle of course and all the money raised will go to Unicef, specifically for the earthquake region. Between changing email addresses since the last Menu…
Posts Written OnDecember 19, 2005
Wine Blogging Wednesday #17 Announced — Red Kiwis
The first Wine Blogging Wednesday of 2006 has been announced. John, known to those of us in the blogosphere as The Corkdork, is the host of WBW 17: Red Kiwis, so go out and buy a New Zealand red, tasted it, and write about it on January 4. Once again, I’ll be forced to leave my local wine region…but that’s part of the fun of WBW.
Wine Matchup: VA vs. NY — The Results
Thanks to Ray, a devout LENNDEVOURS reader for this link to a round up of a tasting that pitted New York wines against those from Virginia (where Ray lives now). Some interesting results…and ones that make me want to explore VA wines a bit more. I’m going to try to track down a comprehensive wine list…as I’ve had some of the NY wines mentioned and there are betters available. If the panel liked the Wolffer 2004 Late Harvest Chardonnay, they should try the 2003! Interesting that there weren’t any Long Island merlots mentioned…given that some are really pushing it as…