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
- Al Capone on PBS: Public Enemy No. 1 revisited'Al Capone: Icon' looks back at the life and times of one of the first pop-culture celebrities to call South Florida home. South Florida is littered with Al Capone history – the Miami mansion where he took his last breath, his reputed riverside hideout in Fort Lauderdale, his casino dreams in Deerfield Beach – and every restaurant and watering […]
- Behold, the power of beer and friendship in Oakland ParkThe Miami Dolphins' Brandon Fields joins forces with the Funky Buddha Brewery on Sunday for the Turtle Power for James Edwards fundraiser, benefiting a Coral Springs 2-year-old recovering from a near drowning.Beer is fun: drinking it with your buddies, making it with your buddies, laughing over a pint of it when your buddies decorate a bar tap at their […]
Shopping & Beauty
- Mizner Park hosts "Sip & Stroll," free drinks, discountsRetailers and restaurants at Mizner Park are banding together to offer shoppers discounts and other sweet deals July 24, including complimentary margaritas, champagne and fresh lemonade. […]
- $2 cold ones with Starbucks Treat Receipt programCool off at Starbucks with $2 cold ones after 2 p.m. when you make a morning purchase at participating stores starting Tuesday. […]
fashion & Style
- Trends from the Miami Swim ShowsHere are the trends from Miami Swim Week:
- 5 Murders staged in Fort Lauderdale theaterRoughly every 10 minutes or so, a homicide will be committed.
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Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Craigslist-related robberies prompt Weston, Boca police to offer safe space for transactionsForget about dark alleys. Craigslist is becoming a popular place for criminals to lurk, so South Florida police agencies are opening their doors to online buyers and sellers looking to close a danger-free deal.
- Dania Beach vice mayor makes it to raucous meeting, keeps her seatVice Mayor Chickie Brandimarte, still recovering after a 25-day hospital stay, returned to City Hall on Tuesday to get back to business.
- Fatal Dania Beach standoff sparked by dispute over $65, police sayDavie man accused of running over landscape worker with his MercedesA groundskeeper who died 10 days after having his skull crushed during a dispute over $65 was making a stand for money he believed he was due, a witness said.
