by Phil Anderson I wanted to use, “Pardon The Interruption”, or, “Now For Something Completely Different”, as the title to this post since it is NOT Part Two of The Wedding Weekend, but they are both taken, and, undoubtedly, trademarked. However, what happened on the night of the wedding is REALLY worth writing about on
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Wine For Every Setting At THIS Dinner Party
by Phil Anderson This is number SIX in a series of articles aimed at acknowledging the importance of local wine bars and shops. Every decent city has them! Right? And I am back in North Idaho for this little gem of a wine shop which is MORE than just a wine shop. The Dinner Party, in Coeur
Pond OR Ray? I’ll Tell You If You Read On!
by Phil Anderson Last Saturday night I had the fantastic opportunity to experience a wonderful winemakers dinner at Log Spirit Bed and Breakfast featuring wines from Pend d’Oreille Winery (pronounced pond-or-ray), out of Sandpoint, ID. Stopped and smelled the roses before tickling our taste buds Before I lavish praises on the wines we tasted along with the
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Taste Washington Takes On A Whole New Meaning
By Phil Anderson In the month of June “Taste Washington” has taken on an entirely new meaning for me. To start, on June 6th I completed the Hat Trick of pouring at the White Out Table at Taste Washington! Spokane for the third year which is held at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. This
Running Into A RockWall Tongue First
By Phil Anderson Omak, Washington. Not a place you would think to look for a quality wine. Or is it? Upon a local recommendation I seeked out and found RockWall Cellars in the phone book and realized it was only 3.2 miles from my hotel. After phoning the winery I was told the tasting room
Thank Goodness Ryan And Patrick Were Born!
By Phil Anderson For many, many months we have been drinking a particular un-oaked Chardonnay, naked Chardonnay if you will. Each time we buy it we open it, drink it and say, “This is just really good wine!” The amazing thing is that this wine costs UNDER $8 a bottle AND you can find it
Open That Bottle Night 2010
Open That Bottle Night 2010 came and went without much fanfare, last night, just as last year did. This year, however, we were back at home in North Idaho instead of Ogden, Utah. As you may, or may not, know, Open That Bottle Night, or OTBN, is the night you force yourself to open that “once
Taste Washington-Spokane 2009!
This is our third year volunteering at Taste Washington-Spokane, where over one hundred Washington wineries get together with many restaurants and have a big ol’ tasting. It was held on June 21st at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. They have an event in Seattle, as well, usually a couple of months before the Spokane event and
A Lovely Taste of Townshend
Right off the bat I want to thank all those new General Wine Thoughts subscribers. If you’re one of them, and you know who you are, I hope you will enjoy the casual talk of wine. My goal is to teach people from the ground up, from square one, from the beginning about wine. People
CMS? Complete Meaning Surfaced
As we come to the end of the Ultimate Blog Party 2009 I have to say how impressed I am with the success of it. Up until March 20th I had had NO comments on this General Wine Thoughts site. Since then I’ve had over ten comments and they’re still coming in and they’re all
