chardonnays

My disdain for many California chardonnays is well documented and while Bonterra's 2005 Chardonnay ($14) doesn't suffer from the usual flabbiness, a noticeable green pea aroma and flavor was off-putting.

Grapes Gone 'Ganic at Bonterra Vineyards 2007

My disdain for many California chardonnays is well documented and while Bonterra's 2005 Chardonnay ($14) doesn't suffer from the usual flabbiness, a noticeable green pea aroma and flavor was off-putting.

LENNDEVOURS: 2007

And tell the same to kooky Aunt F. who was two chardonnays into the evening and three feet from the kids table when she blurted that she hit the dating lotto on her post-divorce lover, landing a guy who was hung like a cannon after enduring years of sexual famine.

Anne Vitiello: Why Marrieds And Divorcees Should Declare A Holiday Truce Anne Vitiello 2011

Ben Sklar for The Wall Street Journal Denise Hika enjoyed herself recently at a softly-lit wine garden that serves up chardonnays.

A More Mainstream Houston Rodeo 2011

And tell the same to kooky Aunt F. who was two chardonnays into the evening and three feet from the kids table when she blurted that she hit the dating lotto on her post-divorce lover, landing a guy who was hung like a cannon after enduring years of sexual famine.

Anne Vitiello: Why Marrieds And Divorcees Should Declare A Holiday Truce Anne Vitiello 2011

And tell the same to kooky Aunt F. who was two chardonnays into the evening and three feet from the kids table when she blurted that she hit the dating lotto on her post-divorce lover, landing a guy who was hung like a cannon after enduring years of sexual famine.

Anne Vitiello: Why Marrieds And Divorcees Should Declare A Holiday Truce Anne Vitiello 2011

More photos and interactive graphics But here at one of the nation's largest rodeos, which is expected to draw two million visitors over three weeks this month, a softly lighted wine garden serves up chardonnays, live jazz and educational seminars that go into picking the perfect vintage to pair with dessert.

Houston's Rodeo Cowboys Are Ridin', Ropin' and Wine Sippin' Ana Campoy 2011

We watched the two chefs fire up the grills, and were the happy recipients of their "dueling grill" cook-off, which included home cured bacon-wrapped scallops, grilled prawns, spicy sausages, and grilled artichokes, accompanied by warm lentil salad with pancetta and duck leg confit, stuffed pasilla chiles and Santa Maria baked beans -- all washed down with rosés, chardonnays, pinots and syrahs of local vineyards such as D'Alfonso-Curran Wines and Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines.

Jennifer Evans Gardner: Girl Meets Grill Jennifer Evans Gardner 2011

I could almost taste the chilled chardonnays, the rich, tangy sauvignons.

Red Room: Zoe FitzGerald Carter: Saying Goodbye to Wine Red Room 2011

We watched the two chefs fire up the grills, and were the happy recipients of their "dueling grill" cook-off, which included home cured bacon-wrapped scallops, grilled prawns, spicy sausages, and grilled artichokes, accompanied by warm lentil salad with pancetta and duck leg confit, stuffed pasilla chiles and Santa Maria baked beans -- all washed down with rosés, chardonnays, pinots and syrahs of local vineyards such as D'Alfonso-Curran Wines and Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines.

Jennifer Evans Gardner: Girl Meets Grill Jennifer Evans Gardner 2011