Thirsty Thursday stays on the Iberian Peninsula this week with a long time favorite from central Portugal, the 2011 Esporao Reserva White. As I’ve noted before, becoming familiar with Portuguese wines can be difficult for the sole reason that many people cannot decipher the contents of a given bottle because the label fails to offer [...]

Back to the world of wine today as Thirsty Thursday ponies up the details about a new favorite from Spain: the 2010 Bodegas Breca Breca Garnacha.  Sourced from vines planted between 1925-1945 the wine shows the depth and aged character/flavor typical of Spanish “Old Vines” Garnachas and has earned heavy praise from the wine guru [...]

Even if you don’t have a horse in the race, Super Bowl Sunday is a time for celebration and enjoying a healthy dose of gluttony. Therefore I’ve put together a diverse libation round up to fuel, refresh, and satisfy any Super Bowl gathering. Just click on the link to read more about any particular libation [...]

Our reflections on the year that was 2012 on sports-glutton.com continues today with each contributor’s favorites libations from those reviewed/recommended in our Thirsty Thursday posts.  Included in my selections is a wine that I found so impressive it left me with no other recourse except to call it Thirsty Thursday’s Wine of the Year. And [...]

The temperatures are dropping here in the northeast which means it’s time to indulge in some heavy weighty reds that can comfort and sooth the soul.  And while I typically lean towards a bold yet well balanced Syrah and/or a red from the Northern Rhone valley during this time of year, there a plethora of [...]

As regular readers of this site know, the Glutton household is very serious about selecting the right turkey for our Thanksgiving celebration.  It has to be a bird that’s not only sophisticated but believes in self-brining and has a high alcohol tolerance.  Unbeknownst to me last year’s turkey was a borderline alcoholic who drank up [...]

Our 2012 wine recommendations for Thanksgiving Day continues with the reds (if you missed the whites click here).  As we discussed last year, some of most compatible red wines for the holiday are Pinot Noirs and wines from the Southern Rhone region in France such as Cotes du Rhone or Chateauneuf du Pape (blends primarily composed of the varietals Syrah and Grenache).  [...]