by Jamie Cattanach | Mar 16, 2016 | Rad Wine You Can Totally Afford
While I was taking my WSET certification classes, I felt thoroughly, well, out-classed. Since it’s a fairly prestigious (and expensive) professional certification, I was pretty much the only amateur in the group. Everyone else was either moving into the industry...
by Jamie Cattanach | Feb 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
I spent last weekend in Nashville with the lovely people pictured above. We ate and drank and laughed and danced; we survived one group member’s life-threatening allergic reaction and another’s first-ever bout with serious food poisoning. We crowded our...
by Jamie Cattanach | Jan 20, 2016 | Rad Wine You Can Totally Afford
Wednesday came just in time. REVIEW OF: Lazy Bones Cabernet Franc, 2014 Paso Robles, CA $7.99 at Trader Joe’s This is probably a good time to remind you that I’m not being paid to do this, because I am about to sing some serious praises to Trader...
by Jamie Cattanach | Jan 6, 2016 | Rad Wine You Can Totally Afford
I see you, 2016. REVIEW OF: La Granja 360, 2014 Cariñena, Spain $5.99 at Trader Joe’s Monday afternoon I finally got home after my beautiful two-week stay in St. Augustine. I spent the evening — all evening — unpacking all the things, buying an...
by Jamie Cattanach | Dec 30, 2015 | Rad Wine You Can Totally Afford
’tis the season. The season for bubbles. And I am merry about it, indeed. REVIEW OF: Moët and Chandon Impérial, NV, Brut Champagne, France Somewhere on the order of $40, depending where you shop It’s that time of year again: winter means endless holiday...