Archive for 'Quick Sips'
The best champagne you probably don’t know
By Mark Gauert This being the 225th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, our thoughts turn, naturally, to champagne. But not just any champagne this momentous year, mes amis, and not one of the usual [...]
White wines to pair with warm-weather foods
By Bob Hosmon and Mark Gauert The 2013 Root: 1 Sauvignon Blanc ($12) is produced from grapes grown in the justifiably famous Casablanca Valley of Chile. I’ve never had a bad wine from Casablanca, and Root: [...]
Overheard at American Fine Wine Competition
The seventh annual American Fine Wine Competition, an invitational blind judging in South Florida, continues to gain prestige in the national wine community. We asked some of the 27 judges, and winning wine makers from among [...]
Uncorking the winning American Fine Wines
By Mark Gauert Judges smelled, swirled and sipped a record 766 wines at the American Fine Wine Competition, South Florida’s home-grown national wine event now in its seventh year. Wines from California dominated the competition judged [...]
What to drink when the price is no object
By Bob Hosmon If you’re like most of us, you usually drink modestly priced or even budget priced wines. But the next time you’re shopping for a wine to complement an especially special meal, consider practicing “p.i.n.o” [...]
American Fine Wine Competition winners announced
By Mark Gauert Judges smelled, swirled and sipped a record 766 wines at the American Fine Wine Competition, South Florida’s home-grown national wine event now in its seventh year. Wines from California dominated the competition judged [...]
Top American wines named in South Florida competition
By Mark Gauert Judges smelled, swirled and sipped a record 766 wines at the American Fine Wine Competition, South Florida’s home-grown national wine event now in its seventh year. Wines from California dominated the competition judged [...]
New year, new wines that will not disappoint
By Bob Hosmon Ever have a wine from Washington State? One winery in the Walla Walla Valley that enjoys acclaim well beyond its borders is L’Ecole No. 11. Indeed, the L’Ecole No. 11 Seven Hills Vineyard [...]
Wines to bring cheers to a holiday gift list
By Bob Hosmon and Mark Gauert The 2012 Natura Sauvignon Blanc ($11), an organic white produced from grapes grown in Chile’s justly famous Casablanca Valley, is clean and crisp on the palate and one of the [...]
Craft beer breweries boom in South Florida
By Jan Norris Craft beers are booming, and a number of breweries are springing up in South Florida. Beer lovers can now talk to brewers in person here, as well as take tours and sample the [...]
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Food & Dining
- Hollywood man wins Sweet Tomatoes dessert contestAlan Kratish, a Hollywood wine consultant, won a nationwide contest for best dessert created with ingredients from the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant buffet.
- FYI network spotlights prizewinning bacon burger from Deerfield Beach.Fans of bacon just may like the sound of a coffee-bacon-infused burger with bourbon-onion jam and spiced-brown-sugar-bacon curls.
The Go Guide
- Jon Hopkins bringing 'gorgeous, glitchy' jams to BardotRolling Stone called the British synth artist's 'Immunity" one of the best dance albums of the year, but there's more to it than that. When Jon Hopkins made his only previous visit to South Florida, he was left off the bill for a November, 2008 show with tourmates Coldplay at the BankAtlantic Center. Not that anyone would have noticed.
- Chocolate-covered Primus: Les Claypool as Willy Wonka at FillmorePrimus will cover movie soundtrack at Miami Beach tour stop on Nov. 11Les Claypool’s recent visits to South Florida have come in distinctive guises: Intracoastal fisherman (in waters from Pompano Beach to Aventura with buddy Dean Ween) and bawdy campfire scout master (with Duo de Twang at Revolution Live). The next time you see him, he’ll be Willy Wonka.
Shopping & Beauty
- Back to school: $10 haircuts for kids at JC Penney salonJC Penney salons are offering $10 kids' haircuts as a back-to-school special.
- Free Jiffy Recipe bookBaking fans, this one's for you.
fashion & Style
- Boca Ballet Theatre stages "Swan Lake"
- On the 'Runway'Two South Florida designers compete on 'Project Runway.'Two South Florida designers compete on 'Project Runway.'
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Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Victim's body is bargaining chip in appeal of murder pleaWhere is Lorraine Hatzakorzian's body?
- Demolition of building to bring traffic delays Saturday at Young CircleThe Town House Apartments, a 12-story tower on the northeast corner of Young Circle, is slated for demolition at 10 a.m. Saturday.
- 911 operators suspended, policy changed after Sawgrass wrong-way crashTwo 911 operators at the Coral Springs Police Department have been handed an eight-hour suspension without pay for mishandling emergency calls that preceded a fatal wrong-way crash last year on the Sawgrass Expressway.
