Archive for 'Quick Sips'
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 [...]
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 [...]
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- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds cancel Fort Lauderdale Air Show appearanceThe Thunderbirds lost a pilot in a fatal training crash earlier this month in Nevada.
- Review: Stiltsville Fish Bar in Miami Beach wobbles with inconsistencyTwo and a half stars for Stiltsville Fish Bar, where chef couple Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth create an unfussy seafood vibe but where the food can be uneven.
The Go Guide
- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds cancel Fort Lauderdale Air Show appearanceThe Thunderbirds lost a pilot in a fatal training crash earlier this month in Nevada.
- Review: Stiltsville Fish Bar in Miami Beach wobbles with inconsistencyTwo and a half stars for Stiltsville Fish Bar, where chef couple Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth create an unfussy seafood vibe but where the food can be uneven.
Shopping & Beauty
- Starbucks Happy Hour: Half off grande MacchiatosSave 50 percent on grande Macchiatos at Starbucks Happy Hour on Thursday. Sign up to get an invitation with a ring code and then stop in starting at 3 p.m. at participating stores to get the savings. Starbucks has changed its popular promotion and now requires a promo code at the register found...
- Free AMC movie ticket with Coca-Cola Freestyle drink purchasesDrink up and get a free movie ticket at AMC Theatres, just as summer blockbusters are being released. Download the free Coca-Cola Freestyle app and scan the barcode on the machine in theaters (one per day per device) to get a free ticket after purchasing two drinks. Then, you'll get an email with...
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Do you still support Sheriff Scott Israel?The Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association’s 1,300 members have been voting electronically since last Friday on whether they still have confidence in Broward Sheriff Scott Israel. The results of that vote are set to be announced at 4 p.m. Thursday. Israel denounced the vote, saying the union’s...
- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds cancel Fort Lauderdale Air Show appearanceThe Thunderbirds lost a pilot in a fatal training crash earlier this month in Nevada.
- Cooper City burglar seen on cellphone video, reports sayA Cooper City woman watched helplessly on her cellphone as a burglar ransacked her home and Broward Sheriff’s detectives are searching for him. A security company called Michelle Miller-Hayle at work Monday when her home’s alarm was activated and she was able to view her home surveillance cameras...
