Comments on: Tom and Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com Our notes on tastings Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom & Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4607 Tom & Melody Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:22:58 +0000 #comment-4607 Hi Juanita, Please do send us a picture of Lucy! We'd love to see her. My email is: melody.reifel@emich.edu. Meanwhile, I need to google Manchester Terrier because that is a breed for which I am not familiar. Looking forward to seeing pictures of Lucy! Hi Juanita, Please do send us a picture of Lucy! We’d love to see her. My email is: melody.reifel@emich.edu. Meanwhile, I need to google Manchester Terrier because that is a breed for which I am not familiar. Looking forward to seeing pictures of Lucy!

]]> By: Juanita Martindale http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4606 Juanita Martindale Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:02:22 +0000 #comment-4606 Hi Tom & Melody- My dog Lucy is black and white and looks just like Trigger. She is 1/2 Boston Terrier and Manchester Terrier. She is also a rescue. I am amazed at the similarities in features. I would love to send you a photo. Best, Juanita Martindale Seattle, WA Hi Tom & Melody-
My dog Lucy is black and white and looks just like Trigger. She is 1/2 Boston Terrier and Manchester Terrier. She is also a rescue. I am amazed at the similarities in features. I would love to send you a photo.
Best,
Juanita Martindale
Seattle, WA

]]> By: JESSE http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4572 JESSE Thu, 20 May 2010 17:23:42 +0000 #comment-4572 Hello tom & melody, i realy need your help to find this wine in new jersey. i have a wine shop & few customers want me to get this wine in. i try to find a phone number for black fox & i am not going anywhere. so please can you tel me who is the distributor in new jersey for black fox . thanks jesse Hello tom & melody,
i realy need your help to find this wine in new jersey.
i have a wine shop & few customers want me to get this wine in. i try to find a phone number for black fox & i am not going anywhere. so please can you tel me who is the distributor in new jersey for black fox .
thanks
jesse

]]> By: Tom & Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4532 Tom & Melody Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:29:20 +0000 #comment-4532 Thank you, David. You are right. This is IMPORTANT!! We have been against this type of legislation from the get-go. We'll do our part to communicate our displeasure with the proposed law. Thank you! Thank you, David. You are right. This is IMPORTANT!! We have been against this type of legislation from the get-go. We’ll do our part to communicate our displeasure with the proposed law. Thank you!

]]> By: David G. Rende http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4531 David G. Rende Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:36:29 +0000 #comment-4531 IMPORTANT!!!!! This will take a while to explain so I recomend you google HR 5034. Basically there is a law that is going thru our Congress that will, among other things, prohibit out of state winerys from shipping to other states. This will put many small winerys out of business and may also impact those in MI. It also limits the choices wineaux like us can purchase. We get what the big distributors want to sell and that's it! To make it easy to send your input to your congressman and Senators you can got to freethegrapes.org and there is a link with canned e-mails that you can also edit. Please Help!!! It's interesting that the bill comes out of a committee headed by a Michigan congressman who has the distributors in the group of his top 5 contributors. IMPORTANT!!!!! This will take a while to explain so I recomend you google HR 5034. Basically there is a law that is going thru our Congress that will, among other things, prohibit out of state winerys from shipping to other states. This will put many small winerys out of business and may also impact those in MI. It also limits the choices wineaux like us can purchase. We get what the big distributors want to sell and that’s it! To make it easy to send your input to your congressman and Senators you can got to freethegrapes.org and there is a link with canned e-mails that you can also edit. Please Help!!! It’s interesting that the bill comes out of a committee headed by a Michigan congressman who has the distributors in the group of his top 5 contributors.

]]> By: Tom & Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4512 Tom & Melody Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:30:40 +0000 #comment-4512 Sounds fantastic! We will see if we can make it. It would be great to meet you, if we do! Sounds fantastic! We will see if we can make it. It would be great to meet you, if we do!

]]> By: David G. Rende http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4505 David G. Rende Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:13:48 +0000 #comment-4505 Just thought I would let you know about a great event this Friday. At the Chop House in A2 there will be a tasting of small producers that I believe are mostly from CA. Also there will be Charles Woodson (U of M football, Heisman, NFL Defensive Player of the year) who now owns a high end small winery in Napa. His wines are great. Beyond the wine and football he is a great person with all that he does for Children's Hospitals,espcially here at U of M. The event is limited so if you are interested call 888.456.3463 to make reservations. Cost is only $25 per person and that includes some great food ( usually they have some Kobe sliders!) The event starts at 7:00. We are going early to La Dolce to have some appetizers and staying after at the same for desert (my daughter works there). Hope you can make it. Just thought I would let you know about a great event this Friday. At the Chop House in A2 there will be a tasting of small producers that I believe are mostly from CA. Also there will be Charles Woodson (U of M football, Heisman, NFL Defensive Player of the year) who now owns a high end small winery in Napa. His wines are great. Beyond the wine and football he is a great person with all that he does for Children’s Hospitals,espcially here at U of M.
The event is limited so if you are interested call 888.456.3463 to make reservations. Cost is only $25 per person and that includes some great food ( usually they have some Kobe sliders!) The event starts at 7:00. We are going early to La Dolce to have some appetizers and staying after at the same for desert (my daughter works there). Hope you can make it.

]]> By: Tom & Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4494 Tom & Melody Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:39:40 +0000 #comment-4494 It's a small world! Love the connection to the Ben Daniels Band and your daughter. How fascinating! Appreciate the tips on Montepulciano d' Abruzzo. I understand your point about getting one with the Montepulciano grape (as opposed to the Sangiovese grape with Montepulciano referring to the location and not the grape). Excellent tip and one I hadn't considered before. Also, we have shopped at Left Foot Charley's. We purchased 12 bottles there last winter on a trip to Traverse City. Happily, my parents live in Traverse City so we get there often. We did not realize, however, that Brian produced his own wine. Your a wealth of interesting information! This is great. . .please continue to share your knowledge when you are able! It’s a small world! Love the connection to the Ben Daniels Band and your daughter. How fascinating! Appreciate the tips on Montepulciano d’ Abruzzo. I understand your point about getting one with the Montepulciano grape (as opposed to the Sangiovese grape with Montepulciano referring to the location and not the grape). Excellent tip and one I hadn’t considered before. Also, we have shopped at Left Foot Charley’s. We purchased 12 bottles there last winter on a trip to Traverse City. Happily, my parents live in Traverse City so we get there often. We did not realize, however, that Brian produced his own wine. Your a wealth of interesting information! This is great. . .please continue to share your knowledge when you are able!

]]> By: David G. Rende http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4490 David G. Rende Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:19:45 +0000 #comment-4490 Tommy was great! We were with friends and we later said he was one of the better waiters we can remember. Very confident, but not arrogant. He knew a lot and still wanted to learn more. It's really a small world. I did not realize until we got home that he played with Ben Danials. My daughter went to EMU with Ben and we have actually gone to see him play at one of the locations she helped get them booked at. I even have a CD I sent to a friend who runs a theater in SF that was looking for that type of talent to book. I just got back from a great wine class on the Loire at Morgan & York. Alex does a great job with short classes on most Saturdays at 2:00PM. To speak to your food side they were also grilling shrimp that came from a farm in Okemos, MI! Google Russ Allen's Okemos Shrimp to check it out. I bought a pound for dinner tomorrow. Now I just need to decide on a wine. I plan to read your blog periodically and have enjoyed what I have seen so far. I have 2 wine tips for today. First if you have not tried a Montepulciano d' Abruzzo, I would do it soon. You can pay in the $25-$40 range for a great one, but there are many available locally in the $8 to $15 range that are really fine. Montepulciano is the grape in this case. Don't mix it up with Brunello di Montepulciano where Sangiovese is the grape and Montepulciano is the location. Confused??? Also a little Michigan tip. Brian Ulbrich has a place in TC called Left Foot Charley's. He has made wine for several wineries in the area and is now on his own. He get's very high praise from the likes of Jansis Robinson and Tom Stevenson who are considered 2 of the worlds greats wine experts. Stevenson went so far as to say the Ulbrich has produced the first world class Gewurztraminer outside of Alsace. Sorry about going on. I just love wine info. Tommy was great! We were with friends and we later said he was one of the better waiters we can remember. Very confident, but not arrogant. He knew a lot and still wanted to learn more. It’s really a small world. I did not realize until we got home that he played with Ben Danials. My daughter went to EMU with Ben and we have actually gone to see him play at one of the locations she helped get them booked at. I even have a CD I sent to a friend who runs a theater in SF that was looking for that type of talent to book. I just got back from a great wine class on the Loire at Morgan & York. Alex does a great job with short classes on most Saturdays at 2:00PM. To speak to your food side they were also grilling shrimp that came from a farm in Okemos, MI! Google Russ Allen’s Okemos Shrimp to check it out. I bought a pound for dinner tomorrow. Now I just need to decide on a wine.

I plan to read your blog periodically and have enjoyed what I have seen so far. I have 2 wine tips for today. First if you have not tried a Montepulciano d’ Abruzzo, I would do it soon. You can pay in the $25-$40 range for a great one, but there are many available locally in the $8 to $15 range that are really fine. Montepulciano is the grape in this case. Don’t mix it up with Brunello di Montepulciano where Sangiovese is the grape and Montepulciano is the location. Confused??? Also a little Michigan tip. Brian Ulbrich has a place in TC called Left Foot Charley’s. He has made wine for several wineries in the area and is now on his own. He get’s very high praise from the likes of Jansis Robinson and Tom Stevenson who are considered 2 of the worlds greats wine experts. Stevenson went so far as to say the Ulbrich has produced the first world class Gewurztraminer outside of Alsace. Sorry about going on. I just love wine info.

]]> By: Tom & Melody http://tomandmelodywine.com/about/#comment-4488 Tom & Melody Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:14:59 +0000 #comment-4488 Hello! I am so pleased that you met our son, Tommy! Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the blog and comment. I hope you will visit often and share your comments. Your knowledge is surely greater than ours and would be much welcomed. Thanks, again! Hello! I am so pleased that you met our son, Tommy! Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the blog and comment. I hope you will visit often and share your comments. Your knowledge is surely greater than ours and would be much welcomed. Thanks, again!

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