Topic 74 of 77: wine
Mon, Jul 8, 2002 (09:44) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Wine. How could we forget it.
The perfect complement to a meal or beverage for a celebration.
17 responses total.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 1 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 8, 2002 (09:44) * 12 lines
Celebrate the Harvest with Fall Creek Vineyards
13th Annual Grape Stomp & Harvest Festival
Tow, TX—Fall Creek Vineyards celebrates the 2002 grape harvest with the 13th Annual Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival, Saturday, August 17 and Saturday, August 24, 11:00-5:00 both days.
This year’s Festival will offer a lively cooking demonstration/tasting lunch with Chef Jason K. Felton, Epicurean Express, Fredericksburg. Cost is $18.95 per person, wine and gratuity included. Seating is limited and reservations are required. For information and reservations, please call 915-379-5361.
Picnic food will be available on both Saturdays. Guests are invited to enjoy live music and picnic food on Fall Creek’s courtyard. Grape stomping, while watching I Love Lucy-Italian Movie video, tours tasting and family fun are complimentary. The Vanishing Texas River Cruise will be offering boat rides on beautiful Lake Buchanan from our shoreline on both Saturdays (lake level and weather permitting). Tickets for the boat ride are $5.00 per person.
Groups of 20 or more are encouraged to contact the vineyard for information on group tours and special offers. Ample free parking is available adjacent to the vineyards.
For additional information call 915-379-5361.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 2 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (20:57) * 4 lines
Exotic Volcano Winery on the Big Island of Hawaii is home to one-of-a-kind Hawaiian wines made nowhere else on earth! Volcano Winery is the proud producer of all-tropical-honey wine (no grapes!), tropical fruit blends (part-fruit, part-grape), and classy all-grape Symphony dinner whites!
The Big Island of Hawaii's only commercial winery, and America's southernmost, Volcano Winery uses only fruit and honey from their island in their tropical wines. Volcano Winery is an authentic Hawaiian Big Island winery!
http://www.volcanowinery.com/winecellar.php3
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 3 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (22:00) * 63 lines
http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/life_entertainment_1.html
This article is in today's Austin Unamerican Snakeskin.
A snippet.
Sarah Jane English has a nose for information.
The Austin author and wine connoisseur has just completed a new edition of
her classic work, "The Wines of Texas," published by Eakin Press ($26.95).
The update, the fourth edition of the book, is packed with good information
for anyone who enjoys sipping the juice of Lone Star State grapes.
As an expert who has judged numerous international wine competitions,
English has been in a good position to watch -- and taste -- the evolution
of Texas wines.
One of the biggest changes in Texas wine, she says, is the move to grapes
beyond the standard chardonnay, merlot and cabernet sauvignon.
"We're still trying to find what grows best in Texas, and it's not as easy
as it sounds," she says. "Vineyard changes take time because a vine must be
at least 3 years old before a crop can be harvested. There's only one crop a
year, so fine-tuning the wine can be done only once a year."
. . . more at the above url.
Pick of the crop
When asked to name her three favorite Texas wines, Austin author and wine
expert Sarah Jane English couldn't stop at so few. Here are her picks,
alphabetically by winery:
Becker Vineyards -- "Becker Vineyards has been winning numerous medals at
almost every wine competition it enters. At a competition I judged this year
for wines from around the world, Becker Claret (a Bordeaux-style blend of
red grapes) won a silver medal and Llano Estacado Chardonnay won a gold."
Fall Creek -- "Fall Creek's Sauvignon Blanc has remained a favorite over the
years. The Fall Creek 1999 Reserve Merlot is good -- nice structure, some
oak, with dominant cherry and berry flavors, a touch of limestone and
minerals."
Llano Estacado -- "Llano Estacado 2001 Shiraz was crisp and fresh with
upfront cherry fruit and very toasty."
Messina Hof -- "The sweet and luscious Messina Hof 2000 Muscat Canelli Late
Harvest `Glory' was a real treat."
Pheasant Ridge -- "The Pheasant Ridge Winery Chenin Blanc -- rich, ripe,
mouth filling -- proved once again that Texas is especially good at growing
this varietal."
Ste. Genevieve -- "Ste. Genevieve makes no bones about the fact that it is
producing good value wines in mass production. It does not have to
apologize, as usually these wines are clean, fresh, fruit-forward beverages
that give satisfaction to a lot of imbibers. Ste. Genevieve's Escondido
Valley (a fairly new line) 2000 Pinot Noir was a nice surprise because pinot
noir is one of the most difficult wines to grow and make. It was herbal,
minty and toasty."
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 4 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 19, 2002 (15:10) * 1 lines
Ok, I'll bite. What is Unamerican Snakeskin? An underground newspaper?
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 5 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 19, 2002 (15:12) * 1 lines
"minty" is not something I associate with wine. I wonder if it is as refreshing as it sounds...
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 6 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 19, 2002 (19:58) * 3 lines
Austin American Statesman as it is known by some in these parts.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 7 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jul 23, 2002 (15:02) * 1 lines
Ahhhhhhh that explains much! Cute!
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 8 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 11, 2004 (20:17) * 9 lines
Has anybody tasted the Two-Buck Chuck? I heard about it on 2020 the other
day. It's this really good wine made by Charles Shaw's vineyard, but due
to extra grapes in California or something, they have so much of it that
the bottles are going for two or three dollars. So I called Grapevine
Market (Austin's greatest liquor store); they said that they've had
dozens of calls in the past few days, but that Charles Shaw is only
carried at Trader Joe's. Which, of course, we don't have in Texas. Screw!
So, does anyone know where to get two buck chuck?
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 9 of 17: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Jan 12, 2004 (11:45) * 1 lines
Well, we have Trader Joe's, but Maryland is one of those few states that does not allow alcohol sales in grocery stores. Can you go to Shaw's vineyard website and order some? Again--illegal in MD to do so! I don't like wine anyway.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 10 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 23, 2004 (19:18) * 1 lines
Wine is toxic to me (indigestion) but that is perhaps because I have mostly had boxed wine and that is really terrible.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 11 of 17: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Jan 24, 2004 (20:56) * 1 lines
Oh yeah, that stuff is lousy.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 12 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 25, 2004 (11:26) * 1 lines
Have you tried two buck chuck?
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 13 of 17: Autumn (autumn) * Sun, Jan 25, 2004 (11:37) * 1 lines
Have you found a supplier for it yet, Terry?
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 14 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 25, 2004 (16:14) * 3 lines
No, there isn't one in Texas. I'm going to have to do some heavy arm
twisting to find one of the springeurs (ahem, hint) to search some out and
give us a report.
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 15 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 10, 2004 (21:17) * 3 lines
I'll check with son in California. I can only guess about Kentucky, but I'll try and let you know.
Meanwhile, bask in the warmth of Cask and Cream. It comes in chocolate now and is absolutely decadent. *;)
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 16 of 17: Food Walrus (terry) * Tue, Feb 17, 2004 (08:43) * 38 lines
Who makes Cask and Cream? Is that really a wine?
By the way, this is what two buck chuck looks like.
It's actually labeled as "Charles Shaw" which was once a prestiguous name
in wines and was bought out by the makers of the new brew which doesn't
bear any resemblence to it's predecessor.
But it has the wine experts fooled!
From the http://traderjoes.com website:
What's all the buzz about Charles Shaw wines?
There's been lively discussion about Charles Shaw wines of late (perchance
made more lively by some very active partakers of the wine). If you find
yourself wondering what's all the fuss about, you're not alone. Charles
Shaw is actually a table wine…a nice, easy drinking wine sold exclusively
at Trader Joe's stores. The real draw for this wine is its rather humble
price tag. The price is so low, some have deemed it "Two Buck Chuck."
We'll get into the pricing later as not all of our stores are able to have
that wondrous $1.99 price.
Actually, we've been buzzing for years…
For those of you who don't know us well yet, our initial reason for being
in the business of selling wine is we want to offer our customers good
wines for a great deal. Whether it's a very well priced Chard from
Australia or a robust red from Chile, we want to be the ones who offer
those options at an outstanding value. So, today it's Charles Shaw wines,
but we've been offering great deals in the wine biz for over 40 years. In
fact, we have several options - right now - in our stores for the same as
or a little more for other wines.
(Trader Joe's is the main distributor for Two Buck Chuck).
Topic 74 of 77 [food]: wine
Response 17 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 18, 2004 (18:35) * 3 lines
Cask and Cream is brandy with cream added - or in the case of chocolate, that is added to the cream, as well. Delicious on a cold night or over crushed ice in the summer!
Soon it will be mint julep time here. Uck!!!
food conference 
Main Menu
