The Spirit World

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Surprisingly enough, you don’t have to spend a fortune when buying a good bottle of wine.  There are many, many good, solid wines at lower price points … leaving you enough money to actually buy food to go with it.  Just in time for the holidays, Parade Magazine recently ran a piece with three secrets […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go this holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Grandma’s Cookies, a drink hailing from The Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida. 
Served in a martini glass that is rimmed with red sugar and filled with “shaken-not-stirred cinnamon Schnapps, butterscotch […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go during the upcoming holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Black Dog Mulled Wine, a drink hailing from the Chateau Morrisette in Floyd, Virginia. They take a semidry, red wine and heat and infuse it with “cinnamon sticks, […]

Have you heard?  Red wine is actually good for you.  Along with a nutritionally balanced diet, of course, and everything in moderation, so says Roger Corder in his book, The Red Wine Diet.  A perfect gift for your fellow wine-lover or to use when planning your next wine tasting party.  In the book, Corder reveals […]

The folks at Sam Flax New York have a nifty little gift-set for the cocktail lover on your list… this set of four mini cocktail shakers will be available in November and retails for $18.95. Celebrity cook Rachael Ray even called these out as one of her “faves” in the October issue of her magazine, […]

A few years ago, wine charms were all the rage.  Heck, they still might be, but I haven’t seen a lot of them lately.  If the wine charm phase was a little too cutesy for you, the folks at Modern Twist have a sleek, hip new charm that may be more your speed.  It slips […]

October marks an important month in terms of American wine — Food and Wine magazine gives out their annual awards for what they deem the best American wines out there.  This is the tenth year of the awards, and a number of new wines popped up on the list, including a few old favorites.  An […]

Every year, during the month of October, there are a number of pink-hued products that crop up to support breast cancer research.  Being particularly fond of the color pink myself, this is just what I don’t need … more temptation! 
Today’s find comes from the fabulous Red Envelope company — heart wine stoppers. Aren’t they […]

My husband is Cuban and, believe it or not, we’ve never had Mojitos.  I know, definitely something we need to rectify.  This week, on an episode of Style Network’s Pantry Raid, Chef Michael Schulson did a mojito with a twist … cucumbers.  Sounds like the perfect drink to kick off a cocktail party with a refreshing note.  […]