Erica Streisfeld

Wine lovers: Create a 'pseudo cellar' for the new year

Have you already broken your new year's resolution? Here's one that's pretty simple to accomplish: organize your wine. Wouldn't it be great to have give some order to the bottles of wine...

It's a wine weekend with Très Bonne Année

Are you a wine connoisseur, or aspiring to be one? Then don't miss Très Bonne Année this weekend at the Hilton Harrisburg. The name is French for "a very good year," and it...

CPBJ offers $25 gift cards for Central Pa. eateries

Why not stay on the pulse of business in the region and also get a free dinner? From now through Friday, Oct. 2, Erica Streisfeld, the Harrisburg Food and Wine Examiner, brings you a special promotion from Central Penn Business...

Cupcakes compete at the first-ever Cupcake Cup

Do you like cupcakes? Who doesn't?! Maybe you even bake them yourself. Whether you like to eat or make cupcakes, the Harrisburg Cupcake Cup is for you. Best of all, rather than charge admission for this event, non-perishable...

Fiesta Espanol to feature Spanish wines, sangria, tapas, paella

What are you doing this Friday for happy hour? Tired of the same old, same old? Get a little exotic at Fiesta Español on the Harrisburg Hilton Plaza this Friday, Aug. 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m...

Wine of the week: Folonari Pink Pinot Grigio

OK, so first of all, don't laugh. I know, I know, this wine looks like a pretty girly shade of pink. But before you protest, hear me out. Raise your hand if you like pinot grigio. I thought so...

Wine of the week: Red Guitar Old Vine Tempranillo Garnacha

It's definitely starting to feel like summer, which makes it hard to sit still at the office all day long. There's just something about the warm sun that's as energizing as a live concert. Before you know...

Troegs Brewers Fest hosts 50+ breweries

If you didn't make it to the Harrisburg Brewers Fest '09, boy, did you miss out. Every year, Tröegs Brewing Company joins forces with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Central Pennsylvania to put on this "hop...

Wine making, tasting festivities in your backyard

Do you make wine? Do you want to learn? How about tasting homemade wine – do you like doing that? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, chances are you would have felt right at home...

Wine of the week: Santa Ana Reserve Torrontes

Last year I came across this torrontés (2006) on Chairman's Selection, and couldn't seem to get enough of it. So you can imagine my devastation when I discovered this wine was sold out and would not...

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