Category Archives: Hodgpodge

Repurposing Wine Barrels – Just Cuz I Could

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Poor Robert

In retirement I make furniture, usually finely finished stuff. Recently I got a commission to make a pair of bar stools out of wine barrel staves and the metal barrel strapping. They are still a work in progress as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Barware, Cocktails tables, Craft Furniture, Hodgpodge, Wine Barrells | Tagged Barware, Repurposing., Wine, Wine Barrels, Wine Furnitures | 5 Comments

A Wine Sample Policy, Say What!!

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Poor Robert

You heard it correctly, a wine sample policy. It’s the craziest thing, I’ve always purchased the wine and other products I wrote about in my blog and never gave having a sample policy a thought. Well I am now getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine, France, Hodgpodge, Sample Policy, Samples, Whimsy, Wine Samples, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Wines | Tagged Hodgepodge, Whimsy, Wine Glasses, Wine Samples | 9 Comments

Wine and great Southern Bar BQ–Say What!

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Poor Robert

I am changing up Poor Robert’s posts yet again and moving into the cooking side of things for this one. You read it right, I use wine in cooking Smoked Southern Bar BQ. I have to admit to being a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bar BQ, Food and Wine, Hodgpodge, Rose', Whimsy, Wine laced Bar BQ sauce, Wine Photos | Tagged Pork Butt, Rose'Bar BQ Wine laced Bar BQ sauce, Smoked Meat., Wine | 5 Comments

For the Love of Very Dry White Wine

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Poor Robert

This post comes under the classification of: flashback, fond memory, or senility, you decide. As I read through some wine blog comments and replies last night one of them mentioned that they wished there were more really dry (less sweet … Continue reading →

Posted in Hodgpodge, Whimsy, Wine, Wines, Words | Tagged Whimsy, white wine, Wine Humor | 3 Comments

Everything is on the Table

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Poor Robert

In the summer I enjoy sitting on our front porch sipping a cool white wine and gazing at the mountains to the south. I find it a very pleasant way to enjoy a week-end day and avoid the sweltering heat. … Continue reading →

Posted in Barware, Craft Furniture, Epee, Hodgpodge, Whimsy | Tagged Contrast, Epee, Light Home Crafts | 4 Comments

Life Observed Through the Bottom of a Wine Bottle

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Poor Robert

We’ve all heard the phrase “looking at the world through the bottom of a bottle”. Well I did just that and had to be stone cold sober to pull it off. I’ve been having some fun lately using empty wine … Continue reading →

Posted in Hodgpodge, Life Balance, Whimsy, Wine Glasses, Wine Photos | Tagged Whimsy, Wine, Wine Bottles, Wine Photos | 8 Comments

Coming Soon To a Wine Blog Near You.

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Poor Robert

I told you a few weeks ago that I would be changing up the character of Poor Robert’s (Wine) Almanac to give it a new and more exciting look and feel. I wasn’t talking about giving it a new visual … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentine, Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Malbec, Mendosa, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Words | Tagged Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentina, Craft Wines, Malbec, Wine, wine industry, Wine Regions, Wine Varieties, Writing | 6 Comments

Non-Naked, Naked Winemakers Other Projects, Say What!

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Poor Robert

Many of my readers don’t belong to the Naked Wines Family and have asked about getting some of the Naked Wines I’ve reviewed elsewhere. Unfortunately you have to get them from Naked Wines, that said many of them have other … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Matt Iaconis, Production Wine, Varietals, Wine Buying, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Wines | Tagged Naked Wines, Purchaising, Varitals, Wine, wine industry, Wine Online, Wine Varieties, Wines | 6 Comments

My World Through Wine Glasses

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Poor Robert

I’ve always been a fan of Alice In Wonderland and I find a bit of whimsy in looking at things through the distortion of the bottom’s of bottles of all sorts, especially wine bottles with their really curvy bottoms. Today … Continue reading →

Posted in Hodgpodge, Life Balance, Port, Whimsy, Wine Glasses, Wine Photos | Tagged Distortion, Hodgepodge, Life Balance, Modern World, Port, Whimsy, Wine Glasses | 15 Comments

A Real Corker

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Poor Robert

What to do with all the corks and caps, well until you decide, fill a basket. It still won’t answer the age old question, “corks or screw caps” but it’s pretty to look at and environmentally responsible.