Most people use sparkling wine for celebratory occasions such as New Years. That’s great, but as a wine to pair with food I think good sparkling wine is under-rated. In particular, sparkling wine is fantastic with fried foods. This is because the palate-cleansing properties of these wines are great for greasy foods which tend to stick. The other day I made fried chicken and paired it with the fantastic Thibaut-Jannison sparkling wine from Virginia. This wine is made by a bonafide Champagne producer who makes this wine in Virginia as a side project. It’s the best sparkling wine made in Virginia I’ve ever tasted, and better than the vast majority even from California. A little more fruit-forward and less yeasty then genuine Champagne, it was a great pairing with the chicken. I know this picture makes you want to try it. And so you can! This wine is availble at both stores. If you want to get really fancy and use real Champagne (ie sparkling wine from Champagne) then do so by all means.

If you want tips on the chicken, just ask me.

Models are still showing temperatures warming above freezing Thursday afternoon and evening, so any remaining wetness will be all rain. There is a slight chance that the temps may drop to near freezing in the wee hours Friday morning, but from what I …

Me: I’d like a Guinness please.
Waitress: Can I see your ID.
Me as I hand over ID: Those two are mine, (pointing at kids) it’s not biologically possible for me to be under 21.
Waitress: OMG! You’re the same age as my mom.
Me: That is not going to help your tip.
This was at The Green Turtle. […]

Live music and sparkling wines-by-the-glass…come celebrate the New Year with us!

This surface temperature prediction is for 1:00 am, just after the New Year’s Eve celebrations downtown. It appears to show the freezing line at or just north of us, rendering any precipitation at worst a mixture of snow and rain. As for that precipi…

The following is a letter from Anna Yeisley, a member (or head?) of the “Spotsylvania County Campaign for Liberty” (the Ron Paul offshoot groups) and “Spotsylvania Patriots”; she’s also a member of that nut group, founded by Herb Lux, the “American Patriots Committee”:
Dear Senator Warner [same letter sent to Senator Webb]
Please vote NO on Senate […]

The following is a letter from Anna Yeisley, a member (or head?) of the “Spotsylvania County Campaign for Liberty” (the Ron Paul offshoot groups) and “Spotsylvania Patriots”; she’s also a member of that nut group, founded by Herb Lux, the “American Patriots Committee”:
Dear Senator Warner [same letter sent to Senator Webb]
Please vote NO on Senate […]

As of the current model runs the New Year’s weather looks like we will be on the typical temperature-dependent roller coaster: will it or won’t it snow? The answer is: maybe. The forecast temperatures from 7 am Thursday thru 7 am Friday appear to …

Hope all had a Merry Christmas and are anticipating a good New Year! I had been making good progress on the 2009 chase season pictorial review via the Booksmart application from Blurb.com, but the complete and utter laptop crash I suffered during the …

Wishing everyone a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas. May the joy of the season follow you throughout the year.I hope you enjoy this rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear? performed by the Bowen Beer Bottle Band.And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid…