Wednesday Night Wine Flight at Christian Michaels Ronda Bowen, September 12, 2012October 10, 2025 Wednesday nights are wine nights at Christian Michaels Ristoranté, where you can get 25% off your wine order. We went in thinking that we would take advantage of this, but then we saw that they offered flight tastings. We decided to try out the flights to see what wine… Continue Reading
Grey Fox New Release Party Ronda Bowen, September 7, 2012October 10, 2025 We were excited about the prospect of a new release wine-pairing dinner. We readied ourselves for an exciting wine experience when we received word that Grey Fox would be hosting a wine-pairing dinner. Traditionally, when I’ve heard the term wine pairing, I think of a dinner of several courses where… Continue Reading
Three Grocery Outlet Wines Ronda Bowen, September 5, 2012October 10, 2025 Out of curiosity, Wining Husband and I decided to pick up three wines from Grocery Outlet recently. They were fine, not great, but not awful either, as many cheap wines can be. For those on a budget, we’d recommend any of these three. 2010 Les Deux Rives Corbières… Continue Reading
A Labor of Love Tasting Ronda Bowen, September 1, 2012October 10, 2025 This week’s tasting at Creekside was called “A Labor of Love.” The wines at this tasting were all made by family-owned wineries, and the cheeses were provided by family-owned dairies and cheese-makers. We tried eight of the ten wines (We skipped the Frank Family Chardonnay only because we’ve had… Continue Reading
Wine and Cheese for a Summer’s Eve Ronda Bowen, August 25, 2012October 10, 2025 This week’s tasting at Creekside had several stars. We tasted eight out of the ten wines offered, and enjoyed most of them. The theme for this week was wines that can be enjoyed during the summer – either as summer sipping wines or as accompaniments to summer food fare…. Continue Reading
Creekside Cellars’ Olympic-Themed Tasting Ronda Bowen, August 4, 2012October 10, 2025 This week’s tasting took patrons on a tour of the world’s wines. There were many successes on the list. It was one of the rare events that we actually tasted all ten of the wines offered. Here’s a rundown of the notes we made on the wines. 2011 Col… Continue Reading