Wine and Walnuts

A blog about eating, drinking, cooking and reading in the not so Deep South

Oh Happy Day, First Rosé of the Season!: La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Ventoux Rosé 2008

Kimberly Houston | April 16, 2010

If you read this blog at all last summer, you’ll know how much I adore Rosé, and drink gallons of the stuff in the warm months.  Which, luckily, we have quite a few of here in Wilmington. I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting for it to be Rosé-drinking-season since the end of warm weather last fall, and [...]

Good Things in Small Packages: Wine Tasting Packs from Brixr.com

Kimberly Houston | April 1, 2010

Here’s something really great I recently learned about from a website called Brixr.com:  tasting packs of wine.
What are tasting packs, you say?  Well, what Brixr does is package a sampling of 50 ml (1.7 oz) bottles into a “pack,” so you can taste several wines without having to buy full size bottles. Sure, it’s a [...]