Who: Oyster Bay What: Sauvignon Blanc (13%) When: 2011 Where: Marlborough, New Zealand Why: Because summer is a wonderful season inside and outside of your wine glass! How: First of all, I must mind ...
Please, please PLEASE come rescue me. While I love my children dearly, I cannot abide one more made up play, scene, skit, recital (voice or *shiver* other musical instrument) or whatever they decide ...
Name: Campo Viejo Rioja, 2010 Country: Spain Type: Tempranillo Average Retail Price: $10 USD Taste (1 = yucky 10=yummy): 8 Snobby Wine Words: Spanish nose, with a consistent follow-through on the tas...
When we talked about having kids, my husband and I were totally on the same page in terms of gender identification and roles. We’re no hippies, but we didn’t want anyone we made to be pigeon-holed. T...
I was listening to Lionel Ritchie croon. Oh, my goodness—he is so good. As I swayed back and forth, I started paying more attention to the words, and I had a kind of “eureka” moment. It was awful. Th...
Whining Down: I’ve been thinking lately, that depending on the call of duty, I fall into one of two categories: “Mom” or “Mouse”. How many times have you said, thought, or heard someone say, “W...
Monday I picked up Ryan from preschool and I saw him carrying a bag I didn’t recognize. As I looked at his shining, beaming face, he ran to me and said, “Momma! I got Buddy Bear for the week!” Well, ...
Ingredients 1 pound Italian sweet sausage (no casings) 1/2 cup chopped shallots 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 cup chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 5 lar...
Vintage: Pinot Noir – 2010; Riesling – 2010 Alcohol percentage: Pinot Noir 13.8%; Riesling 2010 Found at: The California Wine Club I admit it. I make a terrible single mom. I like to think I ha...
Who: The Grinder What: Pinotage When: 2010 Where: South Africa Why: Because someday I’m going to like coffee and will feel a lot more accepted in a café world. How: I don’t know how it happened, but ...
This has probably happened to you. You are having some sort of occasion. People are going to come over to your house for a) dinner, b) brunch, c) cocktails, or d) to play the latest parlor game. So y...
It’s been Spring Break around here. We went to Miami for the week to see my fam and soak up some of the much needed Vitamin D that New York has been a bit slow on manufacturing. We hit the beach, the...
If you’ve been following us at all for the past few months, you know that we are big huge fans of Bota Box wines. And with good reason. First, because they’ve put REALLY, REALLY GOOD wine...
Country: France Type: Red Beaujolais Average Retail Price: $9 Taste (1 = yucky 10=yummy): 5 Snobby Wine Words: A fruit-forward nose that delivers a sweet, fruity, juicy flavor and a lingering finish....
Whining Down: “The Sipple Effect” You know about the ripple effect: the continuous effects of an action or event? Well, I have found something beyond the ripple effect. If you have ever been through ...
It’s 9 am and I just downed an entire box of Panda soft, black licorice. Boo-yah. I know. It’s shocking. Mostly because it isn’t legal on the South Beach Diet. But also because it’s symptomatic. He...
Wine: Sylvester Vineyards Kiara Private Reserve Zinfandel; Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage: Zinfandel – 2007; Cabernet Sauvignon – 2007 Alcohol percentage: Zinfandel: 14.6%; Cabernet Sauvignon: 14...
[Be sure to check out Bota Box on Facebook to see what they are doing for Earth Day 2012.] Remember the first time you saw wine in a box? Probably in your Mom’s fridge (which makes so much more...
It was a momentous week for Moms Who Need Wine. As of early Sunday, we are over half a million Moms strong! And now? We are going to take the world by storm. Next Thursday, April 5th is our first eve...
So, omigod, we in the U.S. are now in election season, there continues to be great poverty in the world, both domestically and abroad, and inner city kids still can’t read or write. Also, in case yo...
Let’s start with strawberries. They’re fine. But if I were on a picnic with George Clooney, I can think of a lot more and better things to lovingly wave in front of his lips than a strawberry. Think ...
Who: Arabella What: 100% Merlot (14% Alc) When: 2010 Where: South Africa’s Western Cape Why: Because you’ve never sipped a wine named after a horse before. How: Far be it from me to criticize an ani...
In case you issed our “Mom’s Night In” online event on March 21st…. pour yourself a glass and sit back and watch this recording. We had LOTS of fun! Note: the party officially...
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