Archive for 'Quick Sips'
Sommelier picks top rose wines under $25
By Peg San Felippo City & Shore Magazine There’s never a bad time to drink pink, but no better way to chill out the warmer months ahead than with a cold glass of rosé. Full disclosure, [...]
A wine shopping list direct from wine judges
By Mark Gauert City & Shore Magazine Wines from California emerged from the smoke and fire that swept Sonoma and Napa counties last fall to take most of the medals this year at South Florida’s home-grown [...]
10 award-winning wines, and how to find them
By Peg San Felippo City & Shore Magazine One of my pet peeves is hearing about a terrific wine and then not being able to find it. So after this year’s American Fine Wine Competition in [...]
Distillers try rum with a twist of orange
By Patti Roth City & Shore Magazine For many of us, rum lives up to a well-deserved reputation as a party animal. We savor it in fun, fruity and sometimes neon-hued drinks at poolside soirées, on [...]
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 [...]
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- Ticket alert: Ray LaMontagne at the Fillmore Miami BeachRustic balladeer will perform Nov. 10. Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 20.
- Fast-casual Bowlicious opens in Fort Lauderdale | VideoThe first 50 customers will receive free food and swag.
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- Fast-casual Bowlicious opens in Fort Lauderdale | VideoThe first 50 customers will receive free food and swag.
- MegaRumba festival celebrates Colombia and tries to help VenezuelansCreated as a cultural festival and concert to celebrate Colombia's Independence Day, MegaRumba this year will raise funds for Venezuelans facing poverty and disease. The event will take place July 20 in Wynwood.
Shopping & Beauty
- Move over Amazon: Target launches one-day sale with freebies, 30 percent off dealsTarget is giving Amazon a run for its money, kicking off a one-day sale with freebies and hot deals on Tuesday, July 17. As Amazon Prime Day goes into full swing, Target is offering customers a membership-free alternative with up to 30 percent savings on smart home devices, beauty, toys, small...
- eBay offers 'membership free' deals on Apple products and more with rival Prime Day saleAmazon Prime Day is getting some competition from eBay. eBay.com has kicked off its own rival sale, offering hot deals on electronics and more with a 110 percent price guarantee. The online retailer is offering more than a hundred deals for $119 -- the price of an annual Prime membership -- and...
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- More parents fear for kids' safety at school, poll findsParents are more worried about their children’s safety at school than at anytime in the past 20 years, according to a new national poll released Tuesday. But a majority still oppose putting armed teachers in classrooms. Fewer than a third of parents said they were very confident their children’s...
- Two planes crash in EvergladesMiami-Dade Fire Rescue is investigating two crashed planes near Southwest 8th Street and 227 Avenue in the Everglades. “We don’t have anything yet on possible victims or if there are survivors,” Public Information Officer Erika Benitez. At first rescuers didn’t know if it was one aircraft or if...
- Marc Anthony drops $19 million on Bacardi heiress’ Coral Gables mansionAfter four years on the market, a lavish Mediterranean mansion in Florida’s Coral Gables has united with a big-name buyer: Marc Anthony. The Latin singer-actor, through a corporate entity, paid $19 million for the palatial estate, which connects by waterway to Biscayne Bay. Hilda Maria Bacardi,...
