Drink!

Update on beverages enjoyed lately and frequently, and where I found them:

-- Craggy Range wine. From a winery I visited in New Zealand. I have had not much luck finding it in the U.S. Every time I am in NYC, where there is at least one wine shop to find it at, I forget to get some. Attempts, through my local wine superstore, to get some to hitch a ride to the 'burbs have proven futile. So imagine my excitement when I found some Craggy--the 2006 Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc--right out in the open at a local wine shop whilst visiting a friend! Found at The Spirited Gourmet in Belmont, Mass. It's no 2006 from the Avery Vineyard ("the herbaceous one," and, as I just read on the CR Web site, not sold in the U.S.; I should have looked it up first before asking at said wine superstore). Nevertheless: Score.

-- Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc Reserva, 2006. The 2007 recently received rave reviews from Wine Spectator, but judging from the company's web site there doesn't appear to be a huge difference between the vintages. A good sign, because the 2006 is awesomely affordable: I've been getting it for $8.99 a bottle at the Stew Leonard's wine store in Danbury, and it's only slightly more expensive at the cute, friendly little wine shop with all the cool old French wines in Farmington. (Uh ... name ... escapes me ...)

--Trapiche, from Argentina. I like the Malbec, of which I was drinking the 2005 until they ran out at my local liquor superstore (note: different from my local wine superstore). Then I started on the 2006. Both are excellent for a one-drink-while-I watch-TV-and-stave-off-heart-disease kind of weeknight drinker.

Bon appetit!

In the spirit of embracing another of my interests as yet another of my hobbies, I bring to you my new blog, celebrating food and drink and my adventures in cooking and eating.

My previous attempts at regular blogging were dumb in that I blogged about nothing in particular. These efforts were hard to keep up and, I felt, not very entertaining. I am a person who prefers to stay on topic. Bitching and moaning about politics and low-carb eating were not very exciting topics for me to blog about, although anyone who knows me "in the flesh" knows that these are topics I very much enjoy bitching and moaning about in real life.

To that end, I bring you ("you" probably being "myself" for the time being) "Eat More Nutmeg." I am not a particular fan of the spice; I mean, it's great and all, but as any die-hard Connecticut resident will tell you, the term in reference to our forebears here is not particularly complimentary. But I thought it was fun, and less likely to draw people searching for restaurant recommendations and/or actual local food knowledge than my original title, "Nutmeg Eats."

Bon appetit!