Paso Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
If you’ve read any of my posts you might have figured out I’m a very impatient wine consumer. I open, I taste. Letting a wine breath is not one of my virtues. But tonight I opened a bottle of Paso Creek Cab while me and Mrs. Dan got ready [...]

What: Still haven’t bought the Champagne for tonight’s festivities? It’s not too late. Here are some suggestions for Champagne and other sparkling wine to brighten up your New Year’s Eve.
And if you don’t see this article until 2010, you can still use it as a guide the next time you want to pick [...]

Cupcake Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay N.V., France
Cupcake Brut Rose Pinot Noir N.V., France
Cost: $15-17
What: If you’re looking for a last-minute bottle of bubbly for your New Year’s Eve celebration, you couldn’t go wrong with one of the Cupcake selections. These two sparklers from France’s Loire Valley will liven up any party and add some zip [...]

Red Guitar Old Vine Tempranillo Garnacha 2006
It was a movie day. One of those days where you sit around the house piddling with stuff and watching a movie… sorta of. I kept driving Mrs. Dan crazy asking her what just happened when she wasn’t piddling and she drove me crazy doing the same thing when [...]

Magic Hat #9 (On Tap)
From: South Burlington, Vermont
Brewery: Magic Hat
Cost: $2 pint special
We were going to spend the afternoon at the movies. It was my brother-in-law Drew’s birthday celebration (it’s actually tomorrow but he’ll be braving air travel back to New York and tomorrow he’ll have to worry about his seat mate’s underwear bursting [...]

What: The holidays not only bring parties, gifts, and cold weather, but they also bring family and friends from faraway places, which means that more than likely at some point, you’re going to have overnight guests. We are no exception. The Whiskey Wench’s brother, Chris, is in from San Francisco, and he was [...]

Snowy River Merlot 2008
Egads! No butter on Christmas morning! I had once before in my life peered into the fridge on Christmas morning and realized there was no butter. That means, no butter for the pancakes, the special egg quiche and none for the 17 lb. turkey awaiting its beer butt journey.
The last time [...]

On the 24th Day of BottleReport’s Christmas, Santa brought to me:

Tickets to The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza® in Atlanta
$130.00 – Spring 2010 (The 11 city 2010 schedule has not been released yet)
It’s seems expensive at $130.00 but first look as what you get for your money:
A full dinner at the [...]

What: St. Hilaire 2006 Brut (Blanquette di Limoux), France
Cost: $15
When it came time for an early Christmas dinner with extended family members from Alabama, Nashville and New York City, we had to have a sparkling wine. And I wanted one that would go with the food as well as please everyone. This was a very [...]