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• Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room: Finding ‘Gold’ in the Gray, Or,...

  

  Rain. Miserable, cold, plans-crushing, muck-making rain, falling in silvery sheets all week. Not much to do on a day like this, except grab some friends and fin... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 3 Books for the Wine Lover on Your List

  

  Whether the person on you list is to wine, likes wine or just wants to know about wine, here are three book suggestions on an overall get to know wine. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Food Trucks and Fire Pits

  

  On our way back from New York on the Saturday after Thanksgiving we stopped at Laurita Winery in New Egypt, New Jersey for Food Trucks Fire Pits. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Girlfriends Napa Get-a-Way

  

  The weekend before Thanksgiving I found myself in Napa to celebrate my girlfriends 50th birthday. While it wasn't the best time to travel I couldn't pass it up! Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room: Robust Reviews For Coffee Brews

  

  It is the time of the year for getting together with old friends, as a gang of guys from Ardsley is doing at Captain Lawrence. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Whitecliff's 2012 Gamay Noir

  

  I had to get this out while you are still shopping for your Thanksgiving wine. If you are looking for a red on the table, this is one I would suggest and it... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 5 Thanksgiving Day White Wines Under $20

  

  Picking out wine for Thanksgiving can be a challenge. Do I serve a white, red, rose, sparkling? Well actually all three are fine. Perhaps you have one from... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Captain’s Log: A Thanksgiving Day Monster, and We Don’t Mean Turducken

  

  The leaves are all but down, the cold weather is very definitely upon us, and the tap lineup at Captain Lawrence has shifted to heartier brews. The Frost Monste... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Mira Winery 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon

  

  As you can see the weather is getting a bit chilly and I'm drinking more reds now that whites. Mira Winery's 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon will keep you... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Proud Wine Blogger Mommy Moment

  

  I don't talk that much about my kids but raising them, you never know what they absorb. For them, growing up in our house, when Paul and I got home from work, w... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room: Getting Out While the Getting’s...

  

  A group of six men is gathered around a Samsung phone resting on a barrel on the Captain Lawrence patio. They’re watching the Jets. The screen goes blank. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Give the Gift of White Rose

  

  I bet you though I was talking about the flower. Nope I am talking about the 2013 White Rose 75% Traminette 25% Gewurztraminer blend from Whitecliff Vineyards ... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Powerful Polished Malbec & Steak Pairing

  

  Grown on 25 year old vines about 900 meters above sea level the grapes are picked that go into Trapiche's 2011 Broquel Malbec. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Notes From the Captain Lawrence: Tasting Room Winter is Coming

  

  That wind. That brutal All Souls Day wind—the howling harbinger of winter--daring you to venture outside, more likely encouraging you to stay in and watch the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bordeaux France to Livermore California a Taste of Murrieta's Well

  

  The estate was discovered in the 1880's when Louis Mell fell in love with the Livermore Valley and purchased a 92 acre estate called Murrieta's Well. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Enjoying The Harvest Party at Millbrook Vineyards & Winery

  

  If you saw my previous post leading up to Millbrook's Harvest Party, you will see that of all these years I wasn't able to attend due to scheduling conflicts. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room: All Hail All Hallows!

  

  The “Halloween Apocalypse” party flyers are up at Captain Lawrence, and conversations about pale ales and kolsches in the tasting room mix with talk of candy an... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trick-or-Treat Candy and Wine

  

  OK, let's face it, it's a few days before Halloween..have you purchased your candy yet? When you purchase your candy do youPurchase candy you don't like so you... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bad Seed Hard Cider – Craft Hard Cider Production in the Hudson Valley

  

  Devin Britton Albert WilklowThe Hudson Valley is exploding with cideries, wineries, distilleries and breweries. In this podcast I visit with Devin Britton... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room: Enjoy Fall Before It Gose

  

  Before fall was to take a sharp turn toward wintry temps, it was a great day for enjoying the autumnal charms on the Captain Lawrence patio. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK