To the Moon and Back: M DGS

Palex and Tanya organized an M-themed DGS at my place last night. We didn’t quite get the theme, given that one of the hosts, Tanya, forgot to wear a themed shirt. Haha. But we did have quite a few M-named bottles of wine, Marinated chicken wings, Melon, pasta Marina, and we played the Moon game.
The [...]

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DGS Singapore: Margaret River and Yarra Valley Wines

DGS Singapore held another tasting this past Sunday. Fabian and Zhongxi hosted the event at my place, and they had a spread of beef stew, pasta, BBQ ribs, roast chicken etc.
All but one of the seven wines they had sourced from their separate trips to Margaret River and Yarra Valley in Australia. Their [...]

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American Winolympics

I’ve really missed American wines, as well as my all-time favorite Sam’s Wines. Consequently, I was like a kid in a candy shop when Jeff and I went back to Sam’s last Friday to shop for a case of wines for our American Winolympics Tasting.
And it’s super gratifying too, when the wine store clerk is [...]

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Drink, the best investment idea in these trying times

Heh, someone (too lazy to hunt down the source) offered a rather brilliant piece investment advice for these trying times:
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you
would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
But, [...]

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DGS Singapore: All about Italy

DGS Singapore Italian Wines

From DGS

It was a good strong event, with over twenty people in attendance, and 11 bottles of wine, as well as a whole array of food. Looking forward to the next DGS event, at Andy’s!
1. Ruffino Orvieto Classico 2007 (S$30)
Eh, this turned out to be the best amongst all [...]

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DGS October-Wine Pairings:French, French, French….Australian!

Thanks to everyone who came and participated. It was a great learning experience for me choosing what food would go well with which wines. Now to truly show you guys that I am not really that impressive as a domestic diva, here is the link http://twoasiansnabottle.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/wine-pairings-from-a-novice/ to all the simple recipes I used for [...]

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Topics thread: Store your ideas!

We’ve had a lot of great ideas recently and I think they warrant a thread to keep track of them. Post your ideas and comments here!
Idea one: Oak and its many intricacies.
Winemaking includes a slew of variables that can be tweaked to alter the end product. Oak is among the most significant, having [...]

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Wine Tasting Groups: A Good Problem to Have

In recent DGS meetings, a common complaint of the hosts is that the group is growing to be too unwieldy, and that they feel they cannot properly cater for 20 plus people. It’s a valid concern, given that while a group of 15 can reasonably taste and enjoy 8 different bottles of wine, there’s not [...]

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Cut the Ribbon!

This is the official start to the Dead Grapes Society Blog, where great wine minds will gather information and post it all over this joint. Let the entries begin!

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