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After opening last May, Paradise Hills Vineyards is the latest edition to the Connecticut Wine Trail. They are not new to the wine scene however, Paradise Hills has been producing and selling their grapes for 15 years to other Connecticut vineyards such as Jerram in New Hartford. Due to popularity they have sold out of every wine they produce at least once, with new bottling currently in progress. Right now they have Washington Trail White (just bottled 3 weeks ago) and President’s Choice Red available for tastings and bottle purchases. We can expect to see new wines available for full...
Today is Wine Wednesday or hashtag #WW as its known in the Twitter world, and today we’re tasting a 2009 Bogle Vineyards Petite Sirah. Price ranges anywhere from $10.99 to $13.99, we found it for $12.99 locally. This particular bottle was released by Bogle in August 2011, and it’s grapes were harvested between September 25 through October 24, 2009. Petite Sirah is a unique grape created in the 1870s in France’s Rhône region where it is known as Durif or Petite Syrah, this grape variety is more commonly known by its slightly anglicized synonym, Petite Sirah. It has small berries...
Back in October we were fortunate enough to meet the bad boy of the culinary world himself, Anthony Bourdain, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. He signed a copy of his first book for us, the New York Times Bestseller Kitchen Confidential. A back cover description tells, “A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine- now with all-new, never-before-published material.” Bourdain is also the star of TV series The Layover and Kitchen Confidential. We are giving away...
Connecticut’s General Assembly began its 2012 regular session yesterday, lawmakers once again will have to reconsider the state’s law against Sunday sales of alcohol, following last month’s proposal by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy to lift the ban. Malloy’s plan would allow retailers to remain open until 10 p.m. (compared to the current 9 p.m.) seven days a week and would permit bars and restaurants to sell alcohol until 2 a.m. (Bars and restaurants now can serve alcohol until 1 a.m. Monday-Thursday and Sunday, and until 2 a.m. Friday-Saturday.) Other proposed licensing changes by Malloy include the elimination of minimum pricing....
Operating out of a restored civil war era factory building in Manchester, business is booming at Onyx Spirits after years of investment and research. Adam von Gootkin, co-founder of Onyx Spirits says he’s been telling bar managers and owners that he and partner Peter Kowalczyk worked for years to make their Onyx Moonshine as smooth as a single-malt whiskey. “Made with Connecticut spring water, grains and honey, the 80-proof legal booze has none of the harshness of the eye-watering hooch that dripped from illegal stills in the 1920s”, von Gootkin says. Onyx Moonshine was selected to be in the Country...
Jack Daniel’s is a famous sour mash Tennessee whiskey that is among the world’s best-selling liquors, in operation for over 150 years. One interesting little known fact is that while it actually can be legally classified as a bourbon, the company has branded itself strictly as a Tennessee whiskey. On Feb. 16, Jack Daniel’s master distiller Jack Arnett will be coming to the MGM Grand at Foxwoods for a tasting event and will even sign bottles for fans. NBC30 Spoke with Arnett and reported: “I was very fortunate to learn the trade under some very skilled individuals who also shared...
The 2010 Alamos Malbec is made in the heart of Mendoza valley of Argentina, a region of wine country growing in popularity situated along the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Does this description sound too frilly for you? Maybe the view will change your mind: The Malbec grape is one of the Bordeaux varietals, with characteristics somewhere between Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A midseason ripener, it can bring very deep color (as this $10 bottle does), plenty of tannins, and a particular plum-like flavor component to add complexity to claret blends. Malbec is a “needy” vine whose fruit is prone...
This edition of Wine Battle is for the top spot of locally available Connecticut wine. Only a few of the wineries and vineyards across the state seem to distribute their bottles to local liquor stores, which is surprising considering exploding popularity of eat-grow-local movements. We chose these two bottles because they are commonly available in Connecticut stores. Next time you visit your local shop, ask about their Connecticut wine and let me know what is available in your area. Tweet to me @ctfoodandwine. Feel free to reference Portlandia and ask the wine merchant several times, “Is it local?” Two vineyards...
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