http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:01:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With another summer sliding to a close I sit here thinking about the coming months. I have much to be excited about. Labor Day weekend is just around the corner and we always have a big picnic for family and friends, this year’s event will be extra special with my ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/22/winding-down-summer/ Watch a demonstration of seasonal dishes being prepared in the demonstration kitchen and sample them paired with ZD wines every Sunday beginning September 12, and running through October 31, 2010.  The event is hosted from 9:30am – 11:00am and incorporates eggs gathered from the chickens that roam the vineyard and ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/22/zd-wines-to-host-wine-pairing-cooking-series/ Book your reservation now for the Robert Mondavi 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Release Party!  Join the winery on Saturday, September  18, 2010 at the Robert Mondavi Winery Vineyard Room, West Patio from 3-5 pm.  Enjoy winery exclusive as well as older vintage Cabenert Reserve paired with the current release.  Food ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/19/robert-mondavi-2007-cabernet-sauvignon-reserve-release-party/ V. Sattui winery recently announced the launch of a free dedicated mobile phone application (app) compatible with Apple’s iPhone. The app has push technology, and once loaded the user can opt-in to receive notifications from the winery. Users can watch videos, get great offers and be the first to know ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/19/v-sattui-iphone-app-first-in-napa-valley/ Come join New Jersey's Alba Vineyards, PNC Bank, Safeco Insurance and Gary’s Wine and Marketplace as they sponsor the third annual benefit for Norewescap and the ARC. Guests will be served wine samples from the very best vineyards and wineries around the world. Along with activities for the whole family ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/18/grand-harvest-international-wine-and-food-festival/ As club members of Envy wines, we took a bottle of the 2007 Envy Napa Valley Merlot to dinner this evening at a local Italian restaurant.  This was our first sample of the 07 Merlot which we found to be full of fruit on the first sip, but quickly followed by ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/17/envy-2007-merlot/   Enjoy World-Class Polo and 275 award winning wines for tasting in one spectacular weekend September 11th-12th 2010, at the Great Meadow Event Center as Virginia hosts The Wine Festival at the Plains. With fancy food, fine arts and culinary seminars, along with many of Virginia’s best award winning wines. This two day ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/16/the-wine-festival-at-the-plains/ Tonight we are enjoying a Rosenblum Cellars, Contra Costa County, Carla’s Reserve Zinfandel.  The wine we are drinking is the 2006 vintage; however, the 2007 is the most current release being offered.  As a side note, the 2007 wines; Zinfandel in particular are drinking very well.  As a Zinfandel fan, ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/10/rosenblum-2006-contra-costa-county-carlas-reserve-zinfandel/ As a self professed wine snob that really likes a good red wine, I have to step back once in a while, especially in these economic times and remind myself that all expensive wine is not necessarily good.  Nor are the inexpensive wines necessarily bad.  Yes, there are levels of ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/03/columbia-crest-grand-estates-2007-cabernet/ As I sit here on an early Sunday evening the rain is stopping and I have finished making my famous red sauce or gravy as some call it, with meatballs and braciola. Of course the famous part is all in my own mind. I decided we would need a good ... http://www.toomuchwinetoolittletime.com/2010/08/01/elyse-2007-zinfandel-a-k-a-napa-valley/