vegan wine – celeste radosevich

how to find new wines you’ll like

4 minute read It may surprise the average wine consumer to learn that there are actually about 10,000 different grapes used to make wine worldwide. 10,000! Even crazier: only ten of those grape varieties dominate the wine market. That’s 0.1% of the world’s wine grapes represented at the average store or restaurant. Crazy, huh? ThisContinueContinue reading “how to find new wines you’ll like”

german amber wine with vegan pierogis

4 minute read Jump to section: about the wine || about the pairing || recipe This is the 20th pairing post! That makes the halfway mark for the Plants and Plonk year of pairings. Whoo hoo! To celebrate the halfway point, I thought I’d bring things back to my (expat) home country: Germany. When weContinueContinue reading “german amber wine with vegan pierogis”

amontillado sherry with deconstructed green bean casserole

5 minute read Jump to section: about the wine || about the pairing || recipe To those who know me, my love for sherry is no surprise. For those who don’t know me, it’s a conversation stopper. Literally. A few months ago, I sat at my first ever job interview in German. After seriously embarrassingContinueContinue reading “amontillado sherry with deconstructed green bean casserole”

sercial madeira with stuffed butternut squash

5.5 minute read Jump to section: about the wine || about the pairing || recipe Let’s make Madeira great again! Wait! Before you exit this page, hear me out. This isn’t the kind of Madeira you stole from the kitchen cupboard at 16. Madeira, like sherry and other fortified wines, has suffered not only aContinueContinue reading “sercial madeira with stuffed butternut squash”

south african skin-contact Chenin with General Tso’s tofu

6.5 minute read Jump to section: about the wine || about the pairing || recipe Another day, another South African Chenin Blanc. Except this one is…::drumroll:…orange! ::and the crowd goes wild:: Call it what you want: orange, amber, extended maceration, skin contact, whatever, but these wines are no longer coming out of left field, orContinueContinue reading “south african skin-contact Chenin with General Tso’s tofu”