Bourgie Wine TV

Reviewing a smooth, terrific value with this King Estate Pinot Gris from Oregon.

In this episode, Krista the Wine BAP reviews a nice white wine from Germany, Alsace ONE Pierre Sparr.

In the premiere episode of Bougie Wine TV, Krista talks about why she decided to launch this vlog and reviews a great Riesling for the holidays.

I’m going to show you how to become a wine expert in less than 5 minutes…at the house! Plus I’ll explain the meaning of the #boomfiyah twitter hashtag.

Sampling a shiraz and chardonnay from Yellow Tail of Australia. “Live” from the Headshot Tweetup at Mindworks Multimedia in Durham NC.

Big thanks to Damond Nollan for being my videographer on the fly.

To kick off my Perfect Bougie Case of Wine series, I review a fantastic Pinot Gris, light styled white wine, by King Estate in Eugene Oregon. And, BoHo’s take note, its 100% organic.

Tonight I review a table wine from the Alsace region in France. With a screw cap. From France! And I didn’t buy it at the Dollar Store either!

A “guerilla”style review (shot on my Blackberry) of one of the best summer whites I’ve had in a long time – Deinhard Piesporter Riesling at this month’s Raleigh Media Leaders meetup. Location is Isaac Hunter’s Oak City Tavern in downtown Raleigh.  Many thanks to the incomparable Gregory Ng of Freezer Burns for being my “camera man” on the fly.

BROOKLYN,NY–Building on the success of his Armand de Brignac champagne joint venture with Cattier Champagne, today hip-hop mogul Jay-Z announced a partnership with  Krista, the Black American Wine Princess, and Bougie Wine TV,  to produce a limited-edition vintage champagne called Sididdy de Negro.

“Jack and Jill black folks don’t wanna Mo it up with common folks, nah mean? The hood has totally tainted Mo’ and Dom P for that target market. By partnering with my girl Krista and the Bougie Wine TV brand,  we are bringing the exclusivity and unpronounceablilty that the Boulee’ crowd craves back to the sparkling wine industry.  Furthermore, we will spare  the Jack and Jill segment from having to revert to their old neighborhood accents to buy a bottle of bub’ errr I mean, sparkling wine produced in the Methode’ de Champenoise.”  said Jay-Z at a press conference in Brooklyn this morning.

In addition, Krista the Wine BAP added that part of the proceeds from the sale of Sididdy de Negro will go to the Desiree’ Rogers Anti-Defamation League. “We want Desiree’ to be able to hold her head up high at Martha’s Vinyard this summmer, and we feel good that   Sididdy de Negro to be a part of that.” added Krista the Wine BAP.

Sididdy de Negro will be available on BougieWineTV.com, as well as other proper-speaking minority sites including:

• The Broke Socialite
• Soul Bounce
• The Black Snob
• Post Bourgie
• Jack and Jill Politics
• Black Web 2.0
• Change Clothes
• Freezer Burns

“We don’t believe you…you need more people!” — Happy April Fools Day 2010 Bougies!

Photo Credit: Murphy's Place, Dallas TX

What?

No I’m not being sacreligious, and yes you know what I’m talking about.

Ever since I first entered bougie-hood several years ago in Chicago, I noticed it is a tradition among bougies to have a bid whist or spades card party on Good Friday evening, after you went to Seven Last Words from the Cross service that afternoon.  The dilemma: what wine to bring?  If you are the go-to wine person in your crew, the party is depending on you. If you aren’t usually the wine point guard, you’ll shock your peeps to death, and crack them up at the same time.

Now, if you’re like a lot of folks, your wine selection strategy involves grabbing whatever’s on the end cap at the grocery store.  Nothing wrong with that, especially if its on sale, but you miss out on a lot of good wine that way.  Let me list a few tips below to help you break the white zinfandel habit.

• Wine is not Kool-Aid. I know we like sweet stuff. I do to. All wine shouldn’t taste like grape Kool-Aid you dumped a pound of sugar in, though.
• Always remember, match the intensity of the wine to the intensity of the food. So, if this year’s card party is going to be a fish fry, try a Sauvigngon Blanc, which is complex and can handle the hot sauce.  One of my favorites: Marquis de Chasse Bordeaux Blanc, which is a 50/50 blend of bordeaux and sauvignon grapes.  If its warm enough where you are to throw some ribs on the grill, try a Shiraz, which is a red wine with lots of fruitiness laced with a hint of smoke to match up with the smoke from the meat.  My personal favorite is Yellow Tail Shiraz; its one of my personal “house wines” for the summer. Yellow Tail is made in Australia, so given the intense climate, you get a lot of big bold-flavored wine from there without spending a lot of money.
• Skip the Wine Bucket, Chill It In the Sink Card parties should be as low-maintenance as possible, even with wine. For white wine, fill the sink with cold water, add a couple of handfuls of ice cubes, put the bottle in for about 20 minutes, and you’ll have a perfectly chilled wine.  Red wine is technically not supposed to be chilled for drinking, because it “closes up” the flavor.  However as I’m typing this I know a lot of folks aren’t having that, so you can follow the process above for your red wine choice.

Okay well that should be enough to get you through your first card party with wine. Drop me a comment and let me know what you chose, and how the crew liked it. And let me know if you ran a Boston, too.

For the premiere of Bougie Wine TV, I review a Washington state Riesling, Chateau Ste Michelle, which is a great choice and value for this holiday season. Enjoy!