The declassé and the classay
Last Saturday I had a friend over for drinks, and I bust out the 2014 William Heritage Estate Reserve Chardonnay. It was gorgeous,...
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Lara Wiz
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
You want steak wine? This is your steak wine
Last week was Father’s Day, and all my dad wanted was steak. “Dad, I can do something on the smoker if you wa—…” Nope. Steak. Ask a silly...
Lara Wiz
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Unaware and unoaked
I’m a little embarrassed I didn’t already know this. I’ve railed against unoaked chardonnay before: why would you bother, there are other...
Lara Wiz
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
It's real cool in the cellar
It’s been a wild couple of weeks here at Wiz Manor. I had to get my cat Fido in to the vet, and it turns out he has serious heart...
Lara Wiz
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Print “Hello World!”
After months of stress, hours of hashing out agreements via attorneys, and days of packing, I still can’t quite believe it but… I moved....
Lara Wiz
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Packing it up
This is the last WineWiz! …That I will write in this house. (Ha ha, suckers. Yeah, I move in four days and this is all the level of...
Lara Wiz
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Not much contrast, but pretty beyond compare
Well, it’s spring! And there was a freeze warning for the night of April 22. Of course. Speaking of things that should be heralding...
Lara Wiz
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
Groovin' on GrünerGroovin' on grüner
Oh no! Disaster! And for once I’m not talking about house stuff. (At the moment. That could change. I haven’t checked my email or text...
Lara Wiz
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
Getting around on Pi Day
One of the nerdiest holidays of the year occurs this Sunday, 3/14, known as Pi Day. It's also the anniversary of Albert Einstein's birth,...
Lara Wiz
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Midnight ramblings
Hey, how are you, insomnia? ‘Twas the night before I had to write a wine column, and I’m still up. I have this fun thing nowadays where...
Lara Wiz
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Opening that bottle
Saturday night is Open That Bottle Night, a holiday conceived by authors Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher. (And did you know Mr....
Lara Wiz
- Feb 19, 2021
- 1 min
Republic of Georgia on my mind
You know how I swore in this very space just a couple of weeks ago not to make any big wine purchases till this house situation was...
Lara Wiz
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
Winebroing with Somm (2012)
Taking another break from drinking this week, so I went back to wine-related media. This week I watched Somm (2012), a documentary about...
Lara Wiz
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
No $13,000 bottles here
Oh, Chrissy Teigen. The Internet is mad at her again. She posted a question on her Twitter on Wednesday, "What's the most expensive thing...
Lara Wiz
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Emptying the Cellar One Bottle at a Time
I may have mentioned before: I'm moving. At some point. I don't know exactly when yet, and right now there's no particular where in the...
Lara Wiz
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Philadelphia Freedom
I don't know, there's just something about this week that makes me want to change things up a little bit. Something...new?...
Lara Wiz
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Pleasantly surprised
Monday, December 7 was my birthday. (Cue the "date that will live in infamy" jokes, I've heard 'em all!) I didn't plan a big blowout bash...
Lara Wiz
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Staying vertical during a vertical tasting
Hope you in the U.S. had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. I listened to Dr. Fauci and didn't go to anyone else's house. Luckily I have mad...
Lara Wiz
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Drink and eat what tastes good
Numerous conversations with friends and coworkers show that a significant number of USAians' Thanksgiving Day plans can be summed up...
Lara Wiz
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Will it pair?
I saw my first Christmas commercials on TV the other day. OK, it was the Hershey Kisses We Wish You a Merry Christmas bell-ringing ad...
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