Sips & Tips: August Forecast – Sunny with a chance of...
by John B. Donovan
The Team Wine ladies selected the wines we tasted this month. Miranda brought the lovely Rose that had been purchased at...
Sips & Tips: White Wines for Summer & Food Pairing
Team Wine is getting better at identifying wine flavors and aromas so once again the wines were bagged so that the initial tastings were...
Sips & Tips: A New Approach
Team Wine met on a Sunday afternoon in April. I posed a new approach to them. Rather than a blind tasting, I offered the...
Sips & Tips: Planning for Summer Sipping
With summer just around the corner I thought it would be nice to share wines that can be easily consumed while on the river,...
Sips & Tips: Wines and an April Fool
Members of Team Wine met on a Saturday afternoon and tasted two very unusual wines, both purchased at Table Wine in Madison, WI (see...
Sips & Tips: Celebrating St. Patrick with Wine
Welcome to March 2023! Beside the Ides of March (beware!), the beginning of Daylight Savings Time (please, let’s not), vernal equinox, and start of...
Sips & Tips: Be My Wine Valentine
Team Wine had a directive for this month: select a wine you would give to your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day, and bring a dessert...
Sips & Tips: Reds with a Breadth of Flavors
Happy New Year to you all! “Team Wine” (same folks as the Wine Crew, just a new name) met before Thanksgiving to look at...
Sips & Tips: Wines for the Holidays
by John B. Donovan
“The wines that one best remembers are not necessarily the finest that one has ever tasted, and the highest quality may...
Sips & Tips: Wines For The Holiday Times
Since Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, I thought I’d also compose this on a Thursday – it just seemed right.
The charge to the Wine...