If you live in the South, chances are, in your fabulous circle of friends, there is someone named “Kitty”. Sure enough I have several friends named Kitty and they love Cosmopolitan cocktails. So I named my Cosmo recipe after them “Kitty’s Cosmo”. Makes 2 cocktails 1 large strawberry 2 ounces Cointreau Place strawberry in a…
Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Cocktail
Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Cocktail Makes 1 cocktail Rim cocktail glass: Place cherry juice (from the jar of cherries that you use for the cherry garnish – I like Tillen Farms Bada Bing Cherries – pitted & stem-on) on a small plate. Place 1 teaspoon powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon cocoa mix powder on a…
Halloween Cocktails
Recipe and photo compliments of BACARDÍ Superior Rum The Goblin Ingredients: 1.5 parts BACARDÍ Superior Rum 0.5 part Midori Liqueur 0.5 part Reàl Coco 0.5 part Fresh Lime Juice 2 parts Dole Pineapple Juice Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with bat or ghost gummies. Bloody Dutch Sour…
Cameron Hughes Zinfandel + Steak au Poivre
As the weather gets cooler this fall in Southwest Virginia, I am enjoying creating food and wine pairings using the herbs and spices so popular this time of year. One spice I love is pepper, both traditional black peppercorns and the more unusual pink peppercorns (dried berry of the shrub Peruvian peppertree – they are…
Rhône Valley Wines ~ Red, Rosé And Bubbly To Celebrate The Fall Harvest
Fall is the time when the harvest is celebrated in the Rhône Valley, in Southern France. The winegrowers and their families gather to enjoy the fruits of their labor with dishes made from seasonal ingredients -olives, herbs, lamb, fresh fish – served with local wines. I recently tasted several Rhône Valley wines and found them…
National Vodka Day! Celebrate with Ketel One Vodka
This crisp October day is a wonderful time to pack a picnic. I packed my picnic basket with everything I needed to make the perfect martini including one of my favorite vodkas – Ketel One! Lovely smooth vodka that is an excellent value – made from carefully selected European wheat. Fresh aromas with notes of…
Kiwi Berry Cocktail
Have you tasted kiwi berries? I recently found these cute little berries at our local natural foods co-op. They are sweet and tart and you can just pop them in your mouth – eat the whole berry, skin and all. Taste just like their big sister – Kiwi! Kiwi Berry Cocktail 8 kiwi berries 2…
End of the Summer Rosé Wines
Hampton Water Rosé Blend: 60% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah Rich and crisp, bursts of red fruit, white peaches and just a touch of white chocolate, with a long-lasting finish, intensified by aging in French oak barrels. Good choice for pairing with grilled salmon or a light creamy seafood pasta dish. Hampton Water…
National Red Wine Day Celebrating With Légende Wines!
Today – August 28, 2020 – is National Red Wine Day. The perfect day to celebrate with Légende wines. Légende offers consumers a journey through the different terroirs and tastes of the heralded Bordeaux region through the eyes of one of the region’s most prestigious producers, Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite). “It all started in…
Bodegas Caro ~ Wine from The Heart Of Mendoza ~ Argentina Wine
#Stayingathome is quite pleasant when I am enjoying a virtual wine tasting with Philippe Rolet, Estate Director of Bodegas Caro. Here I am nestled in at home in Southwest Virginia and Philippe is in his vineyard caves in Argentina, tasting wines from the Mendoza region. Life is good. Bodegas Caro is a partnership between Domaines…
