An inky/ruby/purple color is accompanied by thick, rich, cassis, black raspberry, licorice, and lavender aromas, exceptional purity, remarkable concentration, layers of fruit and glycerin, and unreal depth. This sensational Cotes du Rhone-Villages should drink well for a decade.
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Join the Stissing House for a Provencial evening of Pentaque & Pastis
From our friends at The Stissing House: If you think a high lob is something for tennis players, it’s time to hit the Petanque courts at The Stissing House. Every Thursday night we will be playing Boules (click here for a description) beginning at 6pm and continuing on into the night. Form a team, or come [...]
Oh yes…size DOES matter!
The always brilliant…always clever… Margaret Roach posted this great article this week about cucumbers and zucchinis on her website, awaytogarden.com, to mark the beginning of Summer Fest. Smaller is better, or at least when talk turns to cucumbers and zucchinis, as it does today for Week 1 of the third annual Summer Fest, a giant [...]
“We all scream for ice cream” – The Scoop Creamery opens in Pine Plains!
JULY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH! Along with baseball, isn’t eating ice cream almost the favorite American summer pastime? Who doesn’t remember the nostalgia of the ice cream place you would go to with your family…you had to have your ice cream fix! For me, as a kid, it was a family run ice cream [...]
My last week in Martha’s Vineyard
No sooner had I posted my last story about the wonderful and charming village of Menemsha, I got a call from some of the other girls in the cast who were visiting Menemsha saying one of the docks and a Coast Guard building were on fire...
Farm to Table Dinner – to benefit Columbia Land Conservancy & The Sylvia Center
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Summer Potato Salad (with yogurt & horseradish)
I'm always on the lookout for ideas for our own Lifestyle Blog and I often find websites that give me a lot of inspiration...and sometimes great recipes! Here's one for a summer potato salad made with yogurt so not only easy and different, it's not as fattening or ...
Celebrate Bastille Day at the Stissing House
Provençal Fare, World Cup Soccer, Bottomless Rosé and Pétanque! Celebrate Bastille Day like a native on Sunday, July 11 at The Stissing House, Pine Plains, NY. Patricia and Michel Jean, proprietors, invite you to revel in the cuisine and traditions of Provence with authentic food and drink. Join the fun with Pétanque, France’s answer to [...]
