Archive for the ‘Babblings’ Category

USB Wine

Posted on December 4th, 2009 by by Luke

I can’t wait for this to come out in the US. Isn’t technology great?

           

Wine Survival Tip #1

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by by Luke

Various methods for opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew…

           

Growing Up With Wine

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by by Jessica

Over the summer, Luke and I had the opportunity to take our two little tikes on their first trip with us to go wine tasting. The day was literally sun kissed at around 75 degrees. The place we chose was Laetitia. And we were so glad we found ourselves at this particular winery and tasting room [...]

Think inside the Box for a Change

Posted on October 6th, 2009 by by Jeff

Boxed wine stays fresh for up to a month, so you don’t have to blast it with argon gas between glasses to keep it from going bad.

Let’s go taste some of that wine!

Posted on September 10th, 2009 by by Jessica

So what do you do when your very sweet and yet half crazy Mom tells you she would love to take your energetic kids for the weekend? Well, after I calmed myself down a bit, I called my hubby as fast as I could. He heard something like this on the other end. “please take [...]

Wine Tasting Tips – Improve Your Pallet and Vocabulary

Posted on August 13th, 2009 by by Luke

I don’t know about you, but I get envious when I see a fellow bibber who can pick out all kinds of flavors from a sniff or sip of wine. Is it a skill that can be developed? Or do you either have it or you don’t? I am of the mind that while some [...]

The Casual Enthusiast

Posted on August 12th, 2009 by by Jeff

When I look through books, articles, blogs etc. about wine tasting, wine collecting, wine making etc. I am constantly bombarded with classifications of people who in one way or another make wine a part of their life. A wine connoisseur has a certain connotation as a person who spends a great deal of time tasting [...]

Zork – A New Wine Closure With A POP!

Posted on July 30th, 2009 by by Luke

What is on of the biggest gripes that people have with cork alternative wine closures? Well, if you ask my dad he says that there is something about the pop of a cork that people will never give up, he even took a point off on a wine review because the bottle used a screw [...]

Time to Take the Top Down and Go To Imbibe

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by by Jessica

This Saturday night Luke took me out to his new favorite place Imbibe. Imbibe a newer wine bar here in Bakersfield. We have driven by it every Sunday morning on our way to church and we would always look at each other and say, ” we have gotta go in there”. Well, Jeff and Kim [...]

The Way We Wine

Posted on July 27th, 2009 by by Jessica

Everyone who knows our family understands that we have a need to be together. We love being together. We crave it, and we go to great lengths to foster our togetherness. We are quite like a great bottle of wine actually…You find it in front of you, in all it’s beauty just waiting to be enjoyed. You [...]