Last night, I enjoyed some chocolate cake and Vintners Reserve. It was delicious. I kept expecting that sour tang that sometimes comes with sweet things paired with the wrong wine. But the chocolate brought out new notes in the wine, and…
Everyone’s lives have changed dramatically in the past month. While we are still busy with pruning and bottling, we too have felt the pain of not being able to open our tasting rooms to offer you the tastings, tours, and…
Last week something was sparked within me as a read a recent article by New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov. He noted that we all take for granted how food has the ability to affect us emotionally but that we often…
Last week Parallel 44 and Door 44 hosted our first ever Virtual Wine Tasting. It was great way for Maria and I to connect and enjoy wine even in these trying times. It really emphasized why we drink wine in…
Yesterday I was giving serious thought as to how we can all work to overcome this challenge of the coronavirus. While we can still buy wine at the winery or at the store or on-line, I believe that wine is…
At Parallel 44 and Door 44 we started our spring tradition of Girl Scout cookies and wine pairing flights many years ago and customers still love it! Being a former Girl Scout and having both of my daughters enjoy scouting…
I am supposed to bring a bottle of wine and I don’t know what to do? Have you ever been asked to bring a bottle of wine to a celebration or dinner? Has this resulted in you scratching your head…
Recently I have been struck by the flurry of talk about how many people, millennials in particular, are choosing hard seltzers like White Claw over wine as their beverage of choice. Much of the argument in favor of hard seltzers…
As I write this message today, I am coincidentally enjoying a glass of Pink Door, a one-of-a-kind rosé style wine that blends two whites and two reds. It's one of our Door County location's flagship wines, named for the beautiful Door County. While Pink Door…
Life Between the Vines is a long-running podcast created by Ray Fister, the wine contributor to NPR-Milwaukee’s WUWM Lake Effect program. Ray is also a professional audio engineer and has recorded over 600 interviews with winery owners, winemakers and wine industry professionals.…