Manoavino Taste!

Ancient Sweet Treats, Commandaria Dessert Wine with Clementine and Almond Cake

Where were you in 1989?  What about 800 B.C.? This elegant dessert wine has been aging for you for over 20 years, but it’s origin dates back over 20 centuries, to the isle of Cyprus.

Commandaria is an ancient hearty red dessert wine made with sun dried indigenous grapes, Mavro and Xinisteri, that are aged in oak barrels for three years and then in the bottle for many more.

Served with a dessert from an equally archaic place. Jerusalem.

The Wine:  Commandaria Alasia, 1989, VQPRD (Vino di Qualità Prodotto in Regioni Determinate) $$

The Food: Yotam Ottolenghi's Clementine and Almond cake that I made, savored after a feast from his Jerusalem and Plenty cookbooks.

The Place: A pretty party at home with a few friends

Vin de Constance - A special treat for a special holiday gathering

A holiday dinner with best friends Cathy and Conrad, Diana, me and all our kids concluded with this special surprise. Vin de Constance is a very storied sweet wine from South Africa that we thorougly enjoyed.

The Wine: Vin de Constance Muscat de Frontignan dessert wine

The Food: Dessert

The Place: Cathy and Conrad's living room

Transform Your Next Dessert from Special to Spectacular with Castello del Poggio Moscato D’asti

We have always loved dessert wines and enjoy them every chance we get. Not everyone shares our devotion to all types of sweet wines. One that is a real crowd pleasure is Moscato D’asti a gentle mildly sweet effervescent white wine from the Monferrato area of the Province of Asti in Piedmont Italy.

We enjoyed ours from the estate Castello del Poggio with a fresh summer blueberry pie from Wightman's Farm and some vanilla ice cream, but Moscato D’asti is as at much at home with a rich chocolate desert or even a simple biscotti.

Found this Great Dessert Wine, Monbazillac, While Exploring Joe Canal's in Woodbridge

Joe Canal's is a chain of discount liquor, beer and wine stores in  
Southern and Central Jersey. They have a pretty good reputation for offering good beers and wines at great prices.

I was on my way to Woodbridge to visit family for dinner when I spotted Joe's Iselin-Woodbridge store on Route 1 and decide to stop in.

I found a great dessert wine and some other goodies at a really great price.