Can Eggs Make You Smarter?

Wondering what to do with all those boiled Easter eggs?  Try having one for breakfast for a brainy start to your day...
Mar 24, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: Blackstock Vineyards Wines

I have two great wines for your Easter feast, whether you are having lamb, or ham, the two most traditional meals for Easter. Both of these wines come from Blackstock Vineyards right up the road near Dahlonega...
Mar 21, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2005 Estancia Keyes Canyon Ranches Cabernet Sauvignon

I grew up in the South where BBQ, or Que, as some of us call it, always called for sweet Southern iced tea or very cold beer. However, a long time ago when I first started in the wine business, I was asked which wine went best with barbecue...
Mar 14, 2008

Wine Highway Weekend in Northeast Georgia Set for Late March

Always a popular spring event, the third annual Wine Highway Weekend, sponsored by the Winegrowers Association of Georgia, happens on Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, 2008 and features more than 25 participating wineries, vineyards, inns and shops...
Mar 7, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2005 Simi Russian River Valley Chardonnay

The wine is a straw color with golden hues, and the nose is very fragrant with aromas of apple, citrus, and tropical fruit. The taste is rich and buttery, and literally attacks your senses with abundant flavors of vanilla, apple, and lemon curd...
Feb 29, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: Zinfandel

The 2005 Rodney Strong Knotty Vines Sonoma Zinfandel is the winner of four gold medals, including the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition in 2007.  This Zinfandel is hearty and robust, and the grapes are a mix from the fifteen acres of 1904 vines on the west side of the Russian River, and fruit from some Rodney Strong vineyards on the north side of Alexander Valley, both of which are in Sonoma County, California...
Feb 27, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: Winter Wine Tasting

For about $120, you can host your own wine tasting and create an entertaining afternoon for yourself and friends, and at the same time learn a little more about wine and food. It is a long winter, and this is a great way to enjoy your friends and have a learning experience at the same time...
Feb 19, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2004 Raymond "R" Collection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

It has the aromas of cherries and chocolate, and the taste is definitely black cherry with a little currant and blackberry toward the finish...
Feb 8, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: Revisiting 2005 Concha y Toro Syrah Peumo Marques de Casa Concha

The color is a deep reddish purple with good clarity and the aromas of blueberry and currant. The flavors swirled throughout the glass with red cherry, currant and blueberry, and a slight taste of lavender. The finish was spicy and peppery with smooth tannins from its sixteen months in French oak...
Feb 5, 2008

25th Annual Steamhouse Lounge Oysterfest Announced in Buckhead

120,000 hickory grilled Louisiana Pearl Reef oysters, 100 gallons of the award-winning Steamhouse lobster bisque and an Old Bay shrimp boil, and  musical performances by Swami Gone Bananas, The Dean Dollar Band, Tron Jackson, WILX, Eight Point Buck, Crash Davis Trio and others...
Jan 31, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2004 Wandering Wallaby Chardonnay

The 2004 Wandering Wallaby Chardonnay is described by the Spectator as a, "Bright, lively Chardonnay showing peach and tropical fruit aromas, followed by a well-balanced palate of peach, melon and fig, finishing with a crisp, clean finish"...
Jan 26, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2005 Maryhill Winemakers Blend Red Wine

This is a good solid bottle of wine which is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Franc. It has the aroma of chocolate and cherries, with big fruit flavors of cherry, currant and red berries...
Jan 18, 2008

Norm's Tasing Notes: 2004 Stella Maris Columbia Valley Red Wine

The Wine Advocate describes this wine by saying, "This fine effort, designed to restore the good name of Merlot, offers an attractive nose of cedar, spice box, cassis, and cherry.  Forward, supple, and ripe on the palate, the wine has excellent balance and enough structure to drink well for up to a decade"...
Jan 12, 2008

Norm's Tasting Notes: 2005 Concha y Toro Syrah Peumo Marques de Casa Concha

This wine, which was just featured in Wine Spectator's 'Sips and Tips' section, has been described as dark and plush with espresso, fig paste and plum sauce notes pushed by mocha and dark licorice on the finish...
Jan 7, 2008

Arcadian Wine Dinner with Winemaker Joe Davis

This event marks Montaluce Winery & Estates' first winemaker's dinner with California winemaker Joe Davis, the 2008 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction honoree...
Jan 1, 2008