Throwback Thursday!
Can you guess which millenia-old wine these vikings are fighting over?
#LOL Wine Labels
Buy wine because of a funny label and you kind of expect to forgo flavor for a few laughs. But after tasting the kookiest of the crop, we found the bottles that don’t require the trade-off!
MAD HOUSEWIFE CABERNET SAUVIGNON A not-too-sweet companion for pizza night—or girls’ night. $10
FRENCHIE 2009 NAPOLEON RED An intense, oaky red blend that made us think about our favorite steak recipes. $30
MIDDLE SISTER DRAMA QUEEN PINOT GRIGIO A crisp, fruity find that got nabbed for one editor’s seafood dinner. $12
WELL HUNG MERLOT-VERDOT A smooth, earthy sip that’s definitely not your mother’s merlot. $20
CHATEAU SMITH 2010 CABERNET SAUVIGNON A robust red that may induce serious burger cravings. $20
(OOPS) CHEEKY LITTLE WHITE SAUVIGNON BLANC A citrusy hit, emptied before the tasting was over. $11
—Allyson Dickman, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
(Source: rachaelraymag.com)
It’s-a-Wrap Wine Tags
Use this easy DIY idea at your holiday cocktail party this year!
Place wrapping paper, pattern side down, on work surface. Put wine glass on top; trace around base. Cut out circle, then use small pieces of double-sided tape at the edges to stick paper, pattern side up, to bottom of glass. Use different paper for each glass.
Making our Holiday issue was hard work, but we also got to have a lot fun with the men of Train! They stopped by to tell us about their newest wine AND line of chocolates!
Check out more behind the scenes photos and hear more about their products here!
Props from our Thanksgiving shoot. Can you guess how many corkscrews made it into the issue?
We asked our staff members for one word on wine each and this (above) is what we came up with! Agree or disagree?
If you’re a wine lover like us, help our partner, Snooth, by voting in the People’s Voice Awards! They’re trying to find out which wines are YOUR favorites plus you could win a trip to Sonoma, California! Go now though, because this offer ends on October 22nd, 2012!
Cheers!
Woodbridge Wine’s Giving Through Growing Event hosted by Candice Kumai at The International Culinary Institute in New York, NY.
The Giving Through Growing Project is a partnership with the American Community Gardening Association and is committed to raising awareness and support for community gardens. Find out more about how you can help community gardens supply local food banks with garden fresh, healthy food: here.
—Judith Pena, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief
CRAFT TIME: DIY Wine Rack by Danny Seo with a rubberized finish via Plasti Dip.
Check out the step-by-step instructions: DIY Wine Rack!
Giornata means Day in Italian. I thought this particular wine was interesting because they’re growing in Italian grape—Nebbiolo—in California.
—Judith Pena, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief
Find more Italian photos, recipes and more at: #RRItaly
Oh hey, Danny Seo!
Thank you for being in our September “Italian Issue” and teaching us how to build our own “shrine to wine!”
Hey Soul Sistas! (And Brothers!)
Guess who’s coming to town? TRAIN!
That’s right, the band Train will be coming by the offices on Monday for a special (private, sorry guys!) wine tasting with our staff. We’ll be sampling their bottles of “Calling All Angels” Chardonnay, “Drops of Jupiter” California Red and “California 37” Cabernet Sauvignon.”
We can’t wait to raise a glass with super-foodie Pat Monahan (seriously, this music pal of Rach’s is a chili master), Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood.
And here’s hoping for a special performance! Remember when Train played as the house band of the Rachael Ray Show for a whole week!? Well we think fair is fair, so we deserve at least a one-song serenade! What will it be? Meet Virginia? Drops of Jupiter? Marry Me? We can’t decide which we want… hopefully we get to request more than one! Any questions you want us to ask them?
Join us Monday, August 27th at 2pm (EST) on Twitter (@rachaelraymag) and Facebook—where we’ll be tweeting (#RRTrain) and posting pics and more from the staff and the band!
Beautiful vineyards of Italy.
Did you know Rachael and her husband, John got married in at an Italian vineyard? Here are some photos from their big day!
(via takethesedreamsaway)
How would you wear a wine purse?
Loop by RachaelRaymag.
Animated with Loopcam for iPhone.
Emerging Trend: The Coffee and Wine Bar Hybrid
News has been brewing—get it?—that coffee and wine hybrid bars are gaining popularity. Starbucks, for example, has been rumored to start selling booze soon, although I haven’t seen it yet…but what gives? Are coffee and wine really “pair-able?
“Wine and coffee have a bevy of similarities…Both have hundreds of chemical compounds that affect the flavor, with wine averaging 200–400 compounds and coffee surpassing 800. Where a wine drinker swirls a glass to release a wine’s aroma, a coffee drinker senses aromas on different areas of the palate. Both are complex, and the same grape or bean, respectively, can yield wildly different varietals
If you’re doing coffee right, you’re going to attract those who are already attracted to coffee,” he explains. “If you have wine available, there’s room for the bartender or barista actually to educate that consumer about wine, as well. … If they come into your establishment because you’re doing wine correctly, there’s room to expand the coffee market to them so they can broaden their enjoyment of the beverage world.
—Jason Haeger, Consultant for the Specialty Coffee Industry
The idea of broadening enjoyment of the beverage world in general sounds cool, so I’m intrigued to see if more of these wine-and-coffeeshop-combos pop up.
—Judith Pena, Asst. to the EIC
(Source: rmgtmagazine.com)
Let’s hear it for Hanley, the yellow lab food hound I met at an Ink48 wine tasting yesterday. Dogs at a wine tasting? Yes! In fact, Hanley was working hard. He’s a seeing eye dog for wine maker Alex Elman, who lost her vision in her 20s. In addition to Elman’s sustainable wines, the servers were pouring a Beringer cab as well as the latest Rhone blend from green celeb Adrian Grenier. Yum. -Denise, acting web editor
(Source: rachaelraymag.com)
