Champagne the gift of life!

Champagne! The life-giving elixir of love and happiness. As Napoleon Bonaparte would say, “In victory, you deserve Champagne; in defeat, you need it.” Champagne is the life of the party for special occasions and a gracious companion when you need to relieve stress...

Strolling through Texas wine Hill Country

Strolling through Texas wine Hill Country

I love traveling. To hear my husband describe it, I have some seriously “itchy feet”. When the weather starts to warm up, I like to jump in the car, head for the Texas Hill Country, spend time exploring new wineries and visiting the old favorites. A lot...

Northeastern Thai meets South America

Northeastern Thai meets South America

Today, I’m going to share a wine and food paring experience blending two different regions of the world. It was just about 10 years ago when I was first introduced to Thai food. I was instantly drawn to the complexity of the cuisine with richness in spice and texture....

Piedmont region Nebbiolo

Piedmont region Nebbiolo

How many wine lovers know that Italy is the largest producer of wines in the world? Italy is home to some of the oldest and largest wine producing regions. The Piedmont region of Italy hosts the largest production of the Nebbiolo grape in the country with the communes...

Perfect Chocolate Muffins

Perfect Chocolate Muffins

Guest Foodie Blog from BakedComfortFood.com The muffins are a little and I love these small individual cakes that could devour at any time of the day. With the return of the cold, I wanted a beautiful batch of these little chocolate chip delights. I went in search of...

Cajun and Italy come to dinner

Cajun and Italy come to dinner

The beauty in pairing wines and fish, is that both red and white wines can be enjoyed with most dishes. Our favorite chef – Q Todd Agnew II – prepared a Cajun tradition of Snapper with Pontchartrain sauce and Crawfish cornbread. The sauce is a Cajun...

Texas Honey-Rita!

Texas Honey-Rita!

As Mardi Gras and Cinco de Mayo approach, my thoughts turn to easy to make cocktails that feature easy to blend ingredients made more vibrant by the addition of sparkling wines. I recently had the opportunity to sample TX Honey Bourbon at my local Total Wine in Plano,...