Wait...so #TheOdyssey isn't about the Brooklyn disco club where 'Saturday Night Fever' takes place?!? #Moviesky

Well, at least Taylor Farms stopped using cheap prison labor. Next best thing to slaves for many companies.(A reason why our food is less expensive than elsewhere, by the way.)

this one!

Dropped off some Rias Baixas albarino and Galician conserva to my Gallego friend who'll be watching the #WorldCup game with his almost 100 year old father. That's how and why you watch sports. #wineisconnective #wineispersonal #Winesky

The intersection of #art and #wine on #NationalNudeDay. While canvas was not easy to find during WW2, empty wine bottles were. #winewriter #Magritte #Winesky #Artsky

Once again #NationalNudeDay coincides with #BastilleDay so to mash them together, here are some pieces from French artist (and my favorite) Auguste Rodin. #artlover #Artsky

Eggplant parm? Risotto? It's both, kinda. I love eggplant and its coming in now at the farmers markets and nothing beats farm fresh. So I adapted a recipe that is a layer of saffron and anise risotto sandwiched between layers of eggplant. #justahomecook #foodwriter #Cookingsky #Winesky

I weeded/harvested. #Gardensky #Cookingsky #homegardener #justahomecook

I like sparkling wine. #wine #Winesky #FourthOfJuly #fireworks

One thing better than an outdoor shower after a day at the beach--an outdoor shower after a day at the beach and a really good glass of wine. #wine #winewriter #Winesky #Summersky

As part of this month's drop for my wine club, I decided to celebrate America 250 with some celebratory-looking American 250s. The Waves series of canned red, white and rose from Las Jaras Wines. With label art by Jen Stark. Pictured here too in my beach bag. #winewriter #Winesky #wine

Pet peeve: people who stand at a farmers market or store and shuck corn, first to see if the corn is perfect, and second, so as to not do it at home. You can squeeze the top to see if its fully formed. You can cut off the tip. You can not leave a mess for someone else to clean. #Cornsky #Foodsky

I was in Saratoga Springs, NY, which remarkably gets its name from all the natural springs in the area, some right in the middle of town parks. As a professional taster of sorts, I felt compelled to try some.

At a music festival, 3 sauvignon blancs by the glass. One listed as French is a producer I'm familiar so ask for 2. He said they can't find it but have this Sancerre. He then says $16 for a glass of #wine seems a lot so let me fill it up for you. I thanked, tipped and kindly informed him. #Winesky

Today is #Bloomsday, the date James Joyce's 'Ulsysses' takes place. The drawing is by Frank Budgen, drinking #wine w Joyce in Zurich. Joyce was fond of Fendant, better known as Chasselas. He said "White wine is like electricity. Red wine looks and tastes like beefsteak" #Winesky #Artsky #Litsky

'Wine. He smellsipped the cordial juice and, bidding his throat strongly to speed it, set his wineglass delicately down.' It's #Bloomsday. A Gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of Burgundy is the lunch order of the day. #wineinliterature #Ulysses #JamesJoyce #Winesky #Litsky #Booksky

The Bone Spurs? Go New York, Go New York, Go. To quote my daughter--Knicks, Baby! #NYK #Basketballsky

Someone really likes me to have dropped these off for me to try. Inarguably one of the best CA wineries and and outside of the trade, one of the most underrated and unknown. 675 cases of Gamay. 1200 cases of Trousseau. One of my favorite rosés. #Winesky #wine ##winewriter

Wine pairing for today's Feast of Corpus Christi: Cantine Astroni, 'Cratere Bianco' Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio. Made from Caprettone and Falanghina. The winemaker really nailed this one! It rises above other versions and will lift your spirits. #Winesky #wine #winewriter

My wine pairing for #WorldBicycleDay today: Osmote 'Bici', Finger Lakes, NY: old vines DeShaunac fermented on Cab Franc skins. Special World Bicycle Day shout-out to @ridesmith.bsky.social. #wine #winewriter #Winesky #Bikesky

I like making dinner when everything is on hand. Had duck breasts and local cranberries in the freezer, local wild rice (pilafed in mushroom stock) in the cabinet and local asparagus in the fridge. And there is always #wine on hand. #justahomecook #winewriter #foodwriter #Winesky #Cookingsky

Today's #wine pairing, for the feast of Joan of Arc: Folk Machine 'Jeanne d'Arc' skin contact Chenin Blanc. Winemaker Kenny Likitprakong calls it his "confessed project", a rebel wine named for history's famed rebel. Folk Machine also takes its name from another inspiration--Woody Guthrie. #Winesky

My sandwich is better than yours. My butcher had in-house smoked lamb in the deli case. Sliced lamb, roasted pepper, feta, aged balsamic. Am I right? #Foodsky #Sandwichsky

Bob Dylan is 85 today. Cheers, Bob! "You know it balances on your head/ Just like a mattress balances/ On a bottle of #wine." #Winesky #Musicsky #wineinmusic #wineinlyrics #BobDylan

Le Marais Gutter Still Life. May 24, 2024. Artist Unknown (to most)

If Faux News has him at 39%, Suckling must have him at 88. #Winesky

#Cher turns 80 today. Here she is in a #wine scene in one of the best movies, 'Moonstruck'. The Sicilian-American tradition of a sugar cube in Champagne appears 2x in the movie. Not a champagne cocktail sans bitters but a superstitious belief. 1/ #winewriter #wineinmovies #Winesky #Moviesky

Tonight's post-basketball muscle relaxant: Heinrich 'Into The Light' White Blaufrankisch. It felt good playing tonight. Feel better now post-shower, post-CBG. #basketball #wine #Winesky #Basketballsky

It's Stevie Wonder's birthday. These were his 15th through 18th studio albums (18 being a double album). He was 22 in 1972. I think there is no greater span of excellence from an individual musician in a 5 year period in my lifetime, but I'm happy to hear your suggestions. #Musicsky