http://www.offthecork.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:16:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     This is the 19th installment find the 1st one here   There are few times in life, mine anyway, when you get the chance to drink a cabernet that is 24 years old.  Now most things that I have read about the taste of old wine is probably not good unless one; you know ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/03/01/old-wine/   This is the 18h installment find the 1st one here   We have had several different styles of wine glasses in our home over the 38 year of marriage and until recently, we have never paid much attention to what we were drinking out of.  We do have the red wine (balloons) ever since ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/02/28/the-perfect-wine-glass/ This is the 17th installment find the 1st one here     Traveling for a large company as I do, takes me to some really strange, wonderful and interesting places.  On just that type of a 3 day trip to do “all-day” meetings I ended up in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the fall of 2007.  ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/02/28/new-mexico-wine/   This is the 16th installment find the 1st one here   I travel for a living with a major company and I often end up in Las Vegas for national trade shows.  I had just returned from one of my many road trips for the company and was sitting down with my wife and ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/02/28/the-%e2%80%9cgrand-tour%e2%80%9d/ This is the 15th installment find the 1st one here   A couple of years ago, my nephew and his lovely bride were to be married in Palo Alto, California and my wife and I were planning to attend.  Naturally, I took a few extra of my vacation days to travel to “wine ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/02/28/the-trip-to-california-wine-country/ This is the 14th installment find the 1st one here   Who didn’t see the movie “Sideways” and didn’t just love it?  I did!  That movie has been credited with the biggest upsurge in the interest and sales of pinot noir in the history of wine in the United States.  My ... http://www.offthecork.com/2009/02/28/pino-noir/ This is the 13th installment find the 1st one here   Barnes & Nobel and Borders book stores have become my destination of choice for books to learn more about buying, tasting and producing good wine.  I want to know everything I can about wine.  I have immersed myself in studying and taking ... http://www.offthecork.com/2008/10/09/books-on-wine/ This is the 12th installment find the 1st one here   The more new wines I tried, the more I wanted to read about them, find out how they were made, where they came from and what to look for in the new ones to try.  A few years ago I bought a ... http://www.offthecork.com/2008/10/08/wine-magazines/ This is the 11th installment find the 1st one here   It was truly amazing!  We actually found a vintage of cabernet that we really liked from a California winery.  My wife even said, “Why don’t you go get several bottles just to have on hand?”  Wow!  That was so out of character ... http://www.offthecork.com/2008/10/07/finding-a-vintage-you-really-like/ This is the 10th installment find the 1st one here   My wife and I were invited to a recently acquainted friend’s home near us on the beach.  She is a well-to-do realtor and the evening promised to be fun and interesting.  She offered us a glass of wine and in tandem, we ... http://www.offthecork.com/2008/10/03/my-first-great-red-wine/