2010 Quattro Mani Barbera Review – Wine Wednesday
Updated: 2012-02-08 13:34:45
Quattro Mani is the brainchild of Domaine Select Wine Estates. It is an offering of second label wines from some of Italy and Slovenia's best winemakers. The 2010 Quattro Mani Barbera is made by Danilo Droco, one of Piedmont's greatest winemakers. Not only is the Quatro Mani Barbera a zippy little wine, it's also a great price at $8.99 a bottle. In fact, it's one of the best wines priced under $10 that I have tried. ...Read More
What do you get when you combine the oldest, longest-operating, American winery founded by an Irishman and the newest Irish distillery? Concannon Irish Whiskey made in Ireland by acclaimed Cooley Distillery for Concannon Vineyard.
To fathom this unlikely pairing of wine and whiskey, remember that Concannon Vineyard in Livermore Valley,California is owned by The Wine Group, one of the largest American wine companies. In 2011 The Wine Group launched Cupcake Vodka with similar branding … Read more
Times Union online guru Mike Huber occasionally passes along a Q&A with various TU bloggers for his print colleagues to publish. Here’s the latest. Just double click on the image to read it in proper size. Get all the latest news on my Upstate Restaurant Examiner column and check out what’s coming up on my [...]
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• TV game show host Pat Sajak admitted in an interview with ESPN2 that he and longtime eye candy Vanna White used to knock back numerous drinks during breaks in taping their “Wheel of Fortune” show. “Our dinner breaks would be 2½ hours long while they drove in new cars and boats and gazebos and [...]
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