Results tagged “cabernetsauvignon”

Lynfred Winery in Roselle is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since its 1979 inception, Lynfred has grown to become the largest winery in the state and is a major force in trying to keep Illinois a "full reciprocity" state in accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in Granholm v. Heald, although distributors aren't making it easy.

Saturday night was a good night to stay in, preferably close to the fireplace (that is, if you're lucky enough to have one). So we popped some W.C. Fields in the dvd player, made some gnocchi with spicy pasta sauce (more on that tomorrow) and opened up a bottle of wine. The bottle we picked was something that held up to both the weight of the gnocchi, the spice of the sauce, and the warmth...

We love a good bottle of wine almost as much as a great beer. But we're the type of person who buys a bottle, places it on the wine rack in our kitchen, and forgets about it. We have a much harder time keeping beer in stock. Last week we veered from the Thanksgiving norm and fixed ourselves a rare sirloin for dinner with caramelized onions, rosemary home-fried potatoes, and a red wine reduction (and...

Given his litany of DUI's and drunken television appearances with Johnny Morris during the "Super Bowl Shuffle" years, that answer would be "whaddaya got?" But if you're "Da Coach" as a marketing brand, you'd probably partner with a proven wine company. Say, Mendocino Wine Company, which lists Parducci, Zingaro, and Big Yellow Cabernet Sauvignon among their brands, to create Mike Ditka Wines. Then you'd drink a lot of your signature wine, pass out in the...

Maximus, the World's Largest Bottle of Wine, enough to hold over 173 standard bottles or 1,200 glasses of wine, can now be found in Northern New Jersey. The 340-pound bottle was created for Morton's here in Chicago and has been auctioned off for just under $56,000. If we had a Chicagoist party and invited all of you guys, how long do you think it'd take to polish that thing off?