Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Believe it or not, wine in a can is a topic getting a lot of discussion lately. Purists say that the aluminum canister can’t possibly be good for wine, that middle flavors will seep into the wine and that the form factor ruins the experience. Taking a glance at some of the more recent reviews it seems as though that may be the case, but there is an important distinction to be made here: The term “wine in a can” is really a misnomer, because most of what is on the market is not really wine at all...
With summer on its way and vacations in the planning stages, I thought it would be a good time to share some travel tips on how to pack your wine while traveling. Nobody wants that really nice bottle of Zin that they bought at Souza Family Vineyard to shatter at 30,000 feet. Recently the travel experts at Fodor’s gave wine drinkers some helpful hints for storing and shipping their wine while traveling, offering relief to those who fork over a small fortune to bring home some classic delights. A...
How to identify wine faults Before you drink your wine, you inhale the aroma deeply through your nose with your eyes closed. Searching for the exotic scents in your glass, perhaps of a fine Pinot Noir, or elegant Zinfandel, instead an acrid smell jabs its way up your nose. This is not the essence of fleshy cherries rolling across a bed of violets that you were expecting. It’s more like burnt matches. Is it you or the wine? It’s probably the wine, but how can you be sure – especially when you a...
Wine and Pizza It used to be when ordering your favorite pizza you double checked the fridge to make sure that you also had some beer, and plenty of it, to accompany the Italian pie. However, times have changed and wine can definitely be your pizza’s best newfound friend. Let’s begin with the “typical” American pizza: tomato sauce, lots of mozzarella cheese, topped with plenty of pepperoni and a traditional thin crust. Wines that would work well with this order need lower acid levels, since t...
Welcome back and Happy New Year to all my beloved readers! As the question in the title asks, “Why champagne on New Year’s Eve?” Savvy champagne producers have managed to associate their bubbly with life’s highest moments. Winning the Formula One race or Wimbledon tennis championship, launching a boat (my personal favorite), a baby, a marriage, or the New Year. Several hundred years ago top champagne houses, many of them run by young women who were widows, sent cases of their bubbly to royal cou...
Lots of articles come out this time of year suggesting wine pairings for large, rustic holiday meals and dinner parties with many conflicting ingredients. Indeed, there are perfect food and wine matches to be discovered. However, I use holidays like these to pair the wines with the guests more so than with food, especially with the wine novice guests. So many people have horror stories from college involving neon colored jug wine and have refrained from wine ever since. Others are just...
Wine is basically magic, right? A cure-all elixir that makes the fountain of youth look like a warm can of Coke. At least that’s what the barrage of news reports, advertising promises and countless online headlines tell you. The fact is, wine is a boon to your body in several ways, but the benefits are far smaller in scale than we have been led to believe. Can this be true? Bob the Wine Guy, is minimizing some wine fact rather than embellishing it. Will wonders never cease? Well, boys and girls,...
With summer in full swing it’s time to take a look at some of the delicious options we have available to us. We can always fall back on Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, and there’s a reason why these wines are so popular, but don’t we all enjoy a change now and again. They say variety is the spice of life, and I for one believe that is absolutely true. Especially when so many wines that fly under the radar remain compelling bargains! I advocate drinking simpler wines to make the better wines...
Just in time for the summer weekends to begin, with what else, barbecue. I know what you’re thinking, barbecue equals beer, but no! The Memorial Day weekend we just celebrated, is the unofficial start of barbecue season. Here we hope are some great suggestions for wines to pair with your ‘cue. It’s one thing when we asked folks about their favorite wines but throw in food and they all go all nutso. Just thinking about firing up the grill makes our mouths water. For those folks who steak and p...
Being an expert simply means that you have a very good understanding of something. Being a wine expert means you have a very good understanding of wine. All of them. Being an expert simply means that you have a very good understanding of something. Being a wine expert means you have a very good understanding of wine. All of them. You've got to be kidding. There are painfully few wine experts out there and Bob the “Wine Guy” certainly isn't one of them... really. I am well versed in a few win...
We need to show resolve. We need to proclaim for change, so it goes each January. Never is our determination firmer than it is today. We will change...we will exercise more, we will eat less, we will be kind to others, and solve the worlds problems. Just kidding on the last one. In all likelihood all we can do is make a couple of lists and suffer in resoluteness for the next week or two before everything returns to normal. Here it is now, the year for us to make the modest demands of ourselves....
