Wine – Long Distance Baking

If you know us at all, you know here at LDB we love our wine. Thats not to say we are wine snobs by any means, nor do we fully understand all the nuances and complexities each wine offers, but we love drinking wine. And that’s what really matters, right? So when Winc approached us and asked if we wanted to partner with them, the answer was an obvious YES PLEASE and when can we start. We had seen ads for Winc on social media before, but had never really looked into the company. This video … [Read more…]

A few weeks ago I saw a Food & Wine article titled the Ultimate Cake Baking Bucket List. The goal is to bake a cake every month for a year and the idea is that each new cake will teach you new skills and give you an opportunity to practice your technique. Plus you also get to eat a cake every month, and what could be wrong with that? I’m not sure if I’ll actually try to keep up with this bucket list, but I liked the idea. Why is it that we have to have a reason to make a cake? Especially … [Read more…]

Let’s get this out in the open: I love wine. We always have wine in the house and I don’t believe it needs a special occasion to be opened. I have an overflowing shelf of corks, just waiting for a craft night. My family constantly posts wine related things on my facebook page (a sink faucet that wine comes out of?? Where do I sign?!) and my aunt even made me an apron with wine fabric on it. Needless to say…it’s a bit of an obsession. This is where Bright Cellars comes in. They are a … [Read more…]

New Year’s 2012 I was visiting Stephanie in Boise where she introduced me to Huckleberry Wine… I finally fell in love with wine. … [Read more…]