Someone Call Me a Cab(ernet): 2015 Macedon Cabernet Sauvignon

March 3, 2017 Molly Powers

I've never really identified with the term low-key.

Technically, low-key means keeping something chill, or more restrained, but most of the time that doesn't really work for me. I'm more obsessively high-key. When I like something, it's not just "cool" or "great," it's "THE BEST THING EVER," or "OMG AMAZING." I tend to be really into the things I love, whether it's a place (hey Nashville!), a person or pet (don't get me started talking about my kitten Holland), or a movie (I had a regrettable Lord of the Rings phase early in my high school career). Conversely, the things I don't like tend to be "THE WORST THING EVER," (don't get me started on the word nestle).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this also applies to most of my wine drinking experiences.

Held me Spellbound in the Night: 2013 Spellbound Petite Sirah

February 12, 2016 Molly Powers

Okay, I know. Witchy Woman might be a little off-base... but better than I Put a Spell on You, right? right? Photos today courtesy of bro-in-law John! — Okay, I know. *Witchy Woman* might be a little off-base... but better than *I Put a Spell on You*, right? right? Photos today courtesy of bro-in-law John!

Have you ever have one of those movies that you'd watch as a child that wasn't actually good, but you loved it anyway?

When my sister and I were little, there were a few movies that we would watch over and over (and over). Whether it was The Princess and the Goblin (me), or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Haley), every time we visited Video Palace we'd beg my dad to rent one (or both. Usually both).

Our insistence on watching the same movie roughly a million times eventually affected my dad so much that he made a new movie rule: When we went to the video store, he got to choose the movie.

Cause I'm Free as a Bear Now: Oso Libre Winery

February 3, 2016 Molly Powers

Welcome back friends! I hope your new year is off to an amazing start. We recently got quite a bit of snow here in Nashville, which was... exciting? I tramped around a bit in my rainboots, so that was cool. I’m still a California girl though, and I get freaked out by large amounts of snow. But on to better things.

Today we have a very important topic to discuss, and that topic is wine tasting.

I feel the earth move under my feet: 2013 Tarima Monastrell

December 21, 2015 Molly Powers

Time for a story:

When I was in junior high, I deeply believed that the height of fashion was wearing this long wrap skirt that was printed to look like a purple bandana, which I paired with my purple Converse high-tops and a liberal amount of body glitter. Sometimes I wore an actual bandana with it.

While I'm probably not as chic as I thought I was in the 8th grade, I still sometimes try to try new things, fashion-wise. For example, earlier this year I decided to try on this cute dress at Forever 21. Even though the dress was bright blue, I thought it would be nice to branch out from my grey, black, and maroon wardrobe and try something new.

It was a disaster.

The stars at night, are big and bright: Duchman Family Winery

December 3, 2015 Molly Powers

Hey there everyone!

Sorry I’ve been away for a bit— I’ve been traveling pretty much constantly for most of November and I’ll be in and out of Nashville for a lot of December, but you can check us out on Instagram to see some of our adventures over the next few weeks... Plus we have some great posts coming up for you! Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled blog post…

Before we jump in, I’d like to provide a little background info on my past few Thanksgivings (I know— thrilling stuff): My brother-in-law’s family lives in Austin. Since Austin is a bit closer to Nashville than California, our little three-person Nashville family has been making the twelve to sixteen-hour drive to Austin for the past four years to celebrate Thanksgiving. Austin is a great city, full of great food, quirky stores...and also John’s family has a hot tub and a puppy so it’s totally great.

Yeah, I feel like a Force of Nature: 2013 Force of Nature Red Wine

October 9, 2015 Molly Powers

...Those may be Oasis lyrics. Not from "Wonderwall," which if you know me is a surprise. I love me some "Wonderwall.

I love games.

Not as in, "daaaaaang that girl loves playing games," or as in "quit playing games with my heart," but actual games, like Catch Phrase, and Taboo, and Balderdash.

While I am admittedly terrible at any game involving strategy (I stay far away from Risk, Monopoly, and anything else that requires plotting), I love how playing games can bring a group of people together.

Recently, my friend group has been playing Cards Against Humanity. For those of you who may not be familiar with this game, think Apples to Apples, but with cards that are a little more... scandalous. (okay, maybe a lot more scandalous... sometimes I'm not even sure what a card actually is, but I know it's not good).

However, I've found that when playing Cards Against Humanity, the winning cards are not always necessarily the ones that make you gasp with embarrassment. Instead, they are the cards that are unexpected (A Falcon with a Cap on its Head is always a popular one), the ones that startle a laugh because despite what you were expecting- you weren't expecting "what makes a romantic evening" to end with A Really Cool Hat.

Just Gren(ache) and Bear It: 2013 Altes Garnatxa Negra

September 21, 2015 Molly Powers

Hello friends! Sorry for the hiatus- I visited my family in California last week, and have been spending my time readjusting to life in Nashville. But I'm back, and I feel like talking about Spanish wine.

Spanish wine is my jam.

I’ll confess- I never really grew up drinking “Old World” wines (these are wines that come from countries with long histories of winemaking, i.e. France, Italy, Slovenia… basically all of Europe)- instead, the first wines I learned to love were big California wines (usually veeeeeery different style-wise).

As much as the tradition of Old World wines impressed me, I was a little intimidated to buy a bottle of wine that was labeled domaine de something and was followed by a bunch of other words I didn’t know. These bottles usually had fancy flowing script on them, and typically looked too cool and grown up for my twenty-something year old palate. So I avoided them.

A Little Bit of Zinfandel in my life: Hey Mambo 2012 "Sultry Red"

September 1, 2015 Molly Powers

Okay.... so I couldn't avoid making a Mambo No. 5 Joke. SORRY I'M NOT SORRY

There’s nothing like a great night with friends. One of those nights where you look at the people around you and think: Yes. This. We are 100% going to remember this night when we are 80 and sitting in our homes surrounded by cats (just me?).

Then there are the nights when no one can decide what to do and you end up having impromptu dance parties to classic jams like “Shake Yo Tailfeather,” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which is more along the lines of the kinds of night that comes to mind when drinking the Hey Mambo 2012 “Sultry Red” blend.

It's a Trap(iche): 2013 Trapiche Malbec

August 10, 2015 Molly Powers

It’s fair to say I drink a lot of wine. Obviously it’s a requirement for writing about wine, but this is an important fact to consider when I say I reeeeeally don’t like buying wine.

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Recent Drink Faves:

Barcelona- This is a newish wine bar in Edgehill. Not only has a great wine list, but also TAPAS.
Corsair Distillery- We went on a tour here and got cocktails-- the entire experience was a delight.
Moscow Mules- I know I'm late to the party on this one, but the 1/2 price Mule Monday at Village Pub is my everything.

Blogs on my Radar:

These are a few blogs I've discovered through Instagram (it's such a gift!)

Screw It Blog- Because pretty pictures and delightful recipes
W ine Esquire- Because the posts make me laugh
T he Wine Muse- Because I can read interesting history and industry news