Spooktacular Wines for Halloween

Halloween is not until Tuesday this year, but this is the weekend many people tend to do their Halloween parties. I’m not a huge Halloween person, (Christmas is my time), however if I were to ever dress up, this would probably be my costume.

Before I give you a little update on my cancer, I have to share a picture of the wonderful group of people I work with who helped raise money for another form of cancer.

Q104, one of the radio stations I work for, have been raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for many years. We dedicate all the money from our Summer golf tournament to this cause and on Tuesday past was the first in person Light The Night since the pandemic hit. It was a great event, and I am proud to be a part of it.

So, I responded really well to radiation, chemo pills and IV chemo. The spot remaining was small. I have to have a scope and an MRI monthly to keep an eye on it. Well, the little bastard, who I call Adolf Shitler, didn’t take long to start changing. My cancer surgeon is putting a rush on the next MRI so he can take a really good look, but from the scope, it looks like it’s growing again. So, surgery may be in my future, much sooner than I expected. I’ll keep you up to date. Thanks for sharing my journey with me.

Now, let’s talk some wine. But first, I did small dry ribs last night in my air fryer, and OMG were they ever good.

My apologies for the dark picture. They are tavern ribs I buy at Gateway meat market. Cut them up in small bite size ribs, and coated with corn starch for a little extra crisp. Once they were cooked, I coated them with sea salt, pepper, and the garlic citrus Trader Joe’s seasoning my friends Arla & Fred bought back from their latest trip to the US. Yummy. Lemon pepper seasoning would be really good as well. So easy and so simple to make.

I’m funny when it comes to wine. As much as I love trying new wines, I also tend to migrate to a particular section of the liquor store. For months, I found myself constantly in the US section. I do really enjoy California wines. Now, I find myself in the Chile and Argentina sections. There are some great value wines in those sections. William Cole fell in love with the Colchagua Valley in Chile because of it’s fertile soil. This gorgeous rich Cabernet Sauvignon is $19 a bottle here, and what a great value. Full-bodied with hints of coffee, it’s a great dinner wine.

That’s it for me this week. I realize there’s only one wine this week, and I promise I’ll spend more time talking about wine next week.

Take care and stay safe this Halloween

Darlene