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Cooking With Wine I cook with wine all the time. In fact, sometimes I even add it do the food! In all seriousness, cooking with wine is incredibly beneficial for food! We’re going to go over why that is, if the alcohol actually “burns off”, and what kind of wine you should cook with. So watch the Nerd Lab above, …
Pairing Thanksgiving Course by Course… Some people were asking what wines I’ll be drinking this Thanksgiving, so I thought I’d give a few of my favorite Thanksgiving wine pairings! First, you must know this; Thanksgiving is my #superbowl. It’s my favorite #holiday. So when I cook, I do the whole thing in epic fashion, and I pair each course. If …
Day 1 Winery Day Last week, the crew and I had an incredible trip to the the great state of Oregon filming our “Oregon” episode for season 2 of V is for Vino! Our first day of shooting was at Lange Estate Winery and Vineyards, our featured producer for the episode! Lange is located in the Dundee Hills AVA, which …
Reading foreign wine labels can be tough, especially because everyone does it differently. So today, let’s break down a fairly common one (Burgundy).
6 Reasons Wine ? is the Greatest Beverage Of All Time Wine is the best beverage known to man. Bold statement? I don’t think so. See, up until this point, I’ve never fully articulated why I think wine is the king of booze. I’ve studied it for years. I’ve started a company around it. It has helped pay my bills, while …
No More Mystery. Let’s Talk Tannin: 5 Things You Must Know. You may have gone tannin’ in Mexico, but we’re here today to talk about a different type of tannin: the kind found in wine! Tannin is one of the more mysterious elements of wine because it can’t actually be measured: only perceived. And because of this, there’s a …
The Super Bowl is less than one week away, and that means it’s time to start prepping for Super Bowl parties! Whether you’re attending a party and bringing a bottle, or hosting the festivities yourself, V is for Vino is here to provide you with perfect wine pairings to go with your game day chow down. Impress the crowd with a …
Mediterranean Tomato Salad by Chef Sean O’Toole of TORC restaurant in Napa, CA This recipe for “Mediterranean Tomato Salad” with labne is best with farmers market tomatoes; the fresher the better! Watch the video to see Vince and Chef Sean of Torc restaurant make the prettiest (and dare I say, tastiest?) tomato dish you’ve ever seen. Or keep reading to get the recipe! …
Acid. Sugar. Fat. Body. I’m not spitting out wine terms: I’m talking about a hamburger. Acidic tomatoes, sugary ketchup, fatty cheese, and big, bold flavors from the meat, all coming together as one. And wine pairing is just like hamburgers; its all about the compare and contrast of flavors and textures; the wine either brings new …
As Bruno Mars’s new album 24K Magic tells us, sweet wine is a thing right? How could “Strawberry Champagne on ice” not be sweet? (By the way, what the hell is strawberry Champagne? Is it Rosè? Or Champagne with a literal strawberry in it? And for god sakes, why are we watering it down with ice Bruno?) Before we …
