PROPHECY PINOT NOIR

2019

THE BEST Pinot Noir I've ever had! Of all places to discover it, it was Chili's! For less than $9 , it is also the best value as well. Who says Gallo doesn't make good wines!

 

Tedeschi Trucks Band

 The BEST Blues band playing live today and one of the BEST EVER!

Lake Street Dive (new iteration)

Thank You for Being a Friend (Golden Girls theme song) 

Once again, this band is STILL one the best out there!

Lake Street Dive

 Just an OBVIOUS Update.

In my humble opinion (IMHO), there is no

musical group more talented OR versatile than Lake Street Dive. Rachael Price has one of the best voices EVER and the band is the best!

Lake Street Dive live in DC with a live audience on 11/9/2018

Don't miss these guys redo in DC! They are INCREDIBLE! 8 PM CDT 5/22/2020 Just $14.99!

Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co. Screw up!

My favorite wine, Drops of Jupiter, a red blend has been reformulated! Having drunk hundreds of bottles of this wine over a number of years, I can tell you that the new formulation SUCKS!

RIP

Onward through the fog!

Martin House Brewing-Ft. Worth, TX-King of the Sours!

Following on the heels of Blackbird Imperial Blackberry Sour at 9.2% ABV a magnificent sour, they are following up with two barrel aged Imperial Raspberry Sours, one white wine barrel aged and the other, red wine barrel aged named Tantalus-10% ABV!

I just sampled both of these today at On Rotation and they are both excellent! Hail to the King of  the Sours!

DoorDash Sucks!

My advice is to avoid DoorDash at all costs! They are a terrible company that has NO concept of customer service!

Costco Wines (Kirkland brand)

My latest wine favorite is from Costco-Kirkland (house brand) Sonoma County Old Vines Zinfandel 2016 for $10 (light purple foil top). This is an EXCELLENT wine! I had a Kirkland Old Vines Zinfandel a year or two ago that was not good! This is more like my first experience with their Zin which was also excellent,

If you don't know, Costco is the largest retailer of wines in the world and has their own brand, Kirkland. Their Kirkalnd Prosecco is the best I've had at $7. Makes a great Mimosa (I had it with fresh squeezed blood orange juice from Whole Foods recently) incredible!

Lake Street Dive on fire!

This is my new Fav and this is their new album: check out this cut https://youtu.be/S4_jNMTIGMA

World Market's New Wine Pricing

Much to my dismay, I left World Market on Oak Lawn Ave. in Dallas, TX empty handed due to the RIDICULOUS new pricing for their wines. I had purchased one of my favorite wines, Drops of Jupiter, one week ago at the store on Greenville Ave for $8.88, on sale. Today ALL of the wines prices had been raised with the regular AND sales price for Drops of Jupiter being $11.99. If you buy 4 bottles, it is $10.99; a case $7.99.

Mind you, I have been buying this wine regularly for over three years at World Market NEVER paying more than $9.99. As I mentioned, I checked five other wines that I buy occasionally were also priced higher. When I spoke to the manager, he said I was not the first one to complain about the prices. He gave me a mail in feedback to the CEO which is going in the mail today.

As for me, I will never shop for wine at World Market again unless the prices change, and since that's the primary thing I buy there, it means I'm not going back.

Celis Brewing is back-FINALLY!

No one has been more excited about the return of this brewery than me. This is my first glass of Celis White @ On_Rotation on 7/12/17 in my original Hoegaarden glass. While it is much better than any other Wit beer I've tried, the taste is on the light side from the original. My friend, Luc Van Mechelen (Bobo) who introduced me to this beer in the early 80s, agrees.

If I can offer a suggestion to Christine @celisbeers, it would be to try to achieve the taste of the original Hoegaarden which made it, far and away, the class of Wit beers. I look forward to drinking many more @celisbeers now that it's up and going.

Another New Fav and and Old One Revisited

In addition to @lakestreetdive, I'm adding @TankandDaBangas, the newest Small Desk Concert contest winner! You HAVE to see their Small Desk Concert! They are truly unique and wonderful!

I saw @RickieLeeJones live at the Majestic in Dallas last night and she still ROCKS! Along with her two member band, a percussionist/vibes player from Texas and a 28 year old guitar STUD from N'awlins (where she lives now), they blew the place away. While her voice is a little deeper, she is 62 years old after all, she still sounds like the early version. Having seen her at the Paramount in Austin touring behind her first album (Rickie Lee Jones) over 35 years ago (the only other time I have seen her live), I was amazed how good her voice sounds. I believe the time in New Orleans has given rise to a lot of syncopation in her new arrangements which I love. Can't wait to buy her new album, The Other Side of Desire, to hear more N'awlins influences!

Lake Street Dive-My New Favs!

You HAVE to see this outstanding group! Here is their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/LakeStreetDive

Hail Anheuser Busch!

I am a beer consumer/aficionado, but have not consumed any Anheuser Busch products in decades. However, their Super Bowl commercial so accurately portrays the immigrant experience since the beginning of this country, that I salute them! Our country which is a nation of immigrants has SO mistreated them from day one, but, in spite of that, they continue to come and make lives for themselves and their families which has led to America being the greatest country on the planet!

We need to make the xenophobe in the White House, his white supremacist chief strategist, and his evangelical lackey aware of this and that we will NOT ALLOW them to pervert lawful immigration!  



'via Blog this'

Election 2016

I'm totally dumbfounded and very saddened for our country. I am also fearful for the less fortunate and those regularly discriminated against, because it may be very bad for them. I hope that I am wrong!

Late Winter Return-My Favorite!

Trader Joe's Great Prices on Two Excellent Red Blends in Dallas, TX

I don't shop Trader Joe's regularly primarily because it's not convenient for me. I have known for a year that they carry Cocobon for $6.99

 

On a recent visit to buy that wine, I discovered that know also carry Apothic Red for the same price for now. These two wines are very drinkable and affordable. 

Get to Trader Joe's, at least in Dallas, and stock up on excellent red blends at a rock bottom price!

Great New Red Blend from Washington State

This Cabernet Sauvignon & Syrah blend from Washington State is outstanding! I tasted this wine at a Kroger in Dallas recently, and it has become one of my favorite wines. It retails from $12-15 and is well worth the price.

These guys make a number of interesting wines. Checkout their website and enjoy!

Ashley Monroe-the new Queen of Country!

This lady is spectacular and her new album-the Blade-is outstanding throughout!
If you haven't heard this album, go to iTunes and buy it!