I guess this is what I get for following a link from HERP&ES to HSB. Daryl made a snarky comment regarding an HSB blogger harping on the ridiculous Subway issue. I added additional snark in the comments. The HSB Blogger (Lisa Metzger) took offense and amended her post to accuse Daryl and I of being […]

Tonights a busy night at city council, check back for updates later. 3 recognitions, one of which was for a 26yr veteran of the fire Dept. EMT training for James Monroe students. Budget has been tabled for 2 more weeks. Hurricane prep presentationKit:F…

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From our lofty perspective here on vacation this year’s Plains chase season seems to reflect the 2004 season, especially when our chasing luck (or lack thereof) is factored in. The number and timing of tornadoes this month seem to mimic the outbreaks …

When it comes to the sweetness level of a wine, most people think of wines as being either sweet or dry (dry is used to mean many things, but properly it only refers to the sweetness level of a wine, ie a dry wine is one that is not sweet). Actually the sweetness level of a wine takes on many forms. Sommeliers usually categorize wines by their sweetness level the following way:

Sweet – sweet and rich, like a dessert wine

Semi-Sweet – Where most wines described as ‘sweet’ fall into. Spatlese Rieslings are one example, or our ever popular Voulet Casorzo. Many of the sweet (but not dessert) wines made in Virginia are semi-sweet.

Off-Dry – Probably where the majority of wines consumed by the American public fall into. Many wines people describe as dry are actually off-dry. They have a touch of sweetness to them because that is what our palate is used to. You may have noticed that French reds tend to taste harsh, for lack of a better word, compared to California reds. It’s the sugar.

Dry – Very little residual sugar (the sugar left in the juice after most has been fermented into alcohol). This would describe many whites, such as Sauvignon Blanc, or reds such as Cabernet, Malbec, or Pinot Noir. It depends on who’s making the wine, of course, but dry wines will truly taste dry.

Bone Dry – little to no residual sugar. Not very common in the U.S., since bone dry wines are not pleasing to a lot of people (we like them). Champagnes labeled as “Extra Brut” are bone dry. So are some other styles of wine, especially from Europe, such as Rieslings from Alsace (did you think all Rieslings were sweet? Sorry for all the parenthetical statements).

These are not technical terms but terms used by retailers and restaurant operators to describe wines. If you want a good recommendation, you are better off using one of these than simply asking for a sweet or dry wine.

On Saturday, June 14, “House
About Tonight” Productions is proud to host another house concert at
Bill’s Hartwood farm featuring “The Culprits.”  

Here is their website so you can learn a little bit about them before the
show:  …

NBC4:
The remains of a Maryland airman missing in action during the Vietnam War will be returned to his family for burial, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James K. Caniford, of Brunswick, will be buried May 28 at Arlington National Cemetery.
Caniford and 13 other men were aboard an AC-130A Spectre gunship […]

 
Is it difficult to find a black person who supports John McCain for President? Well let me put it to you this way: it’s not only difficult, apparently it’s impossible. The woman in this ad shaking McCain’s bony, lifeless hand is an Obama supporter.
If you watch the ad yourself, it’s indisputable.
h/t Ben Smith
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We made a stop for an early dinner Monday at the Greek Festival being held by the Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church. The church holds this three-day event over the Memorial Day holiday weekend each year and it’s always a good time. Often …

Gag a maggot:
Kevin Green is scheduled to die by injection tomorrow night for the 1998 capital murder of a Dolphin woman during a robbery.
Green shot Patricia L. Vaughan four times inside Lawrence’s Grocery, a small business that she and her husband, Lawrence T. Vaughan, opened in 1981 in the small community where they grew up […]