The Boozy Lifestyle goal is to avoid gastronomic catastrophe. There are some excellent books on pairing if you’re interested in a painstaking journey into balancing the flavors of food with the perfect wine
Author Archives: J Reilly
Recommending Wines
A lady walks into a liquor store and asks for a bottle of wine with a dog on the label. No, this isn’t the beginning of a “girl walks into a bar” joke. A customer asked us to find this bottle amidst the 1200 wines in the store. After a bit of sleuthing (white or red helped narrow the field) and realizing that the dog was actually a fox, we identified her Foxhorn Merlot.
Tales of the Liquor Store: How Did We Get Here?
When I walk into a wine shop, I’m like a kid in a candy store, so buying a liquor store seemed like a good idea at the time.
Liquor Store Shopping: Before And After Covid-19
How my liquor store wanderlust was replaced with an efficient personal shopper and car loading service.
Hendrick’s vs. Bombay Sapphire: Gin Throwdown
Tasting gin – Hendrick’s small batch hand-crafted and Bombay Sapphire London Dry.
Socially Distant Distractions
In typical Boozy Lifestyle fashion, while other folks were hording toilet paper, we were raiding the liquor store. We succumbed to the panic mentality and, admittedly, overbought on the last trip; enough for a party! Unfortunately, in keeping with social distancing rules, we can’t invite anyone to attend.
What’s A Throwdown?
The concept of tasting edibles side by side is a more precise way to compare the subtleties of flavor that may be missed if consumed on different days.
Cork vs. Screw Cap
A good wine server will open the bottle with showmanship, deftly plying his corkscrew like a sculptor wielding his chisel.
Tasting Wine: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
There are those wines you drink that give you absolute pleasure. Others are tolerable and for happy hour pricing, or free, you’ll settle. Then there is wine that you must simply pour down the drain while gently humming “Taps”.
Boozy Beginnings
Inspiration struck during cocktail hour one evening when I referred to our routine as our “boozy lifestyle”. In a trendy culture of beauty, fitness, and fashion lifestyle gurus, the idea of being a boozy lifestyle expert carries a measure of irony with it. The word ‘boozy’ expresses just the irreverence I was looking for; not youthful, feminine, or especially well-mannered.
