Archive for 'Quick Sips'
See summer through Rosé colored glasses
By City & Shore Magazine Whispering Angel 2016 (Côtes de Provence, France): Pink as a sunset – which, come to think of it, would be an excellent moment to sip it, poolside – this refreshing import [...]
Albariño: A wine to call our own?
By Mark Gauert City & Shore Magazine I know Florida produces wine, so please don’t write. I know some bottle tropical fruit here and call it “wine.” They ferment mangos and papayas and clementines, or whatever’s [...]
How to build an incredible wine cellar
By Eric Barton City & Shore Magazine There’s a little bump of a ridge that runs all the way from Miami to Georgia. It was a sand dune a few thousand years ago, when the Atlantic [...]
Luxury wine tastes at economy prices
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine When I started writing about wine (40 years ago this June), my readers mostly wanted to know how to avoid buying the “wrong” wine. They really didn’t want to [...]
Wine for lovers, and lower blood pressure?
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine While not everyone subscribes to the premise that consumption of red wine is why the French have lower rates of heart disease than some of their European neighbors (think [...]
New Year’s revelations in red, white, rosé
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine Lovers of pinot noir (and who isn’t?) should be impressed with the Olema Pinot Noir ($20). It’s a blend of 50 percent grapes from the Russian River Valley, 25 [...]
What to pour when year’s been very good
By Bob Hosmon and Mark Gauert City & Shore Magazine Ever wanted to treat yourself to an incredible wine, but not doing it because those wines are, by definition, expensive and sometimes very expensive? Well, the [...]
Blended red wines uncorking a comeback
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine In 1967 Neil Diamond recorded Red, Red Wine, a song extoling the virtues of drinking red wine as a way to forget one’s troubles. Who knew what grapes were [...]
Exploring a world of otherworldly wines
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine If your list begins and ends with wines from California – with maybe a red or white thrown in from Italy or France – it’s time for a new [...]
Good reasons to get to know prosecco
By Bob Hosmon City & Shore Magazine Once upon a time — but not that long ago — the best-known sparkling wine from Italy was Asti Spumante. Indeed, I can remember dinners in Little Italy where [...]
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- 'Moonlight' writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to develop TV series for OWNThe as-yet-untitled series will be set in South Florida.
- South Florida fans to celebrate Linkin Park's Chester Bennington at two eventsBennington, who died July 20, will be remembered during tributes in Davie and West Palm Beach.
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- 'Moonlight' writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to develop TV series for OWNThe as-yet-untitled series will be set in South Florida.
- South Florida fans to celebrate Linkin Park's Chester Bennington at two eventsBennington, who died July 20, will be remembered during tributes in Davie and West Palm Beach.
Shopping & Beauty
- Freebie Friday: Make free pinhole projector to watch eclipse; get $10 off $10 coupon at JC PenneyIt's Freebie Friday! In preparation for the Great American Eclipse on Monday, many people are looking for solar glasses to watch the big event. Fuggedaboutit! Stores are sold out. Instead, make a free pinhole projector in five easy steps. Or, grab that colander from the kitchen! I've rounded up ...
- Solar eclipse special: All-you-can-eat 'Mooncakes' at Denny's on MondayThere will be a delicious solar eclipse at Denny's when the chain serves unlimited "Mooncakes" on Aug. 21. As the frenzy over the Great American Eclipse builds, the restaurant chain will offer all-you-can eat Mooncakes -- known every other day of the year as buttermilk pancakes -- for just $4,...
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Boston 'Free Speech Rally' cut short after massive counterprotestThousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged Saturday on downtown Boston in a boisterous repudiation of white nationalism, dwarfing a small group of conservatives who cut short their planned "free speech rally" a week after a gathering of hate groups led to bloodshed in Virginia....
- Suspect arrested in shooting death of Kissimmee officer; 'not much hope' for 2nd shot copA Marine veteran has been arrested in Friday’s shooting death of a Kissimmee Police officer, and there is “not much hope” a second officer he’s accused of shooting will survive, Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said this morning.Police arrested 45-year-old Everett Glenn Miller Saturday morning...
- Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors; organizers are 'grateful'In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors arts awards to "allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction," the White House announced Saturday. The Kennedy...
