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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Have a lovely week!


Thanks for reading my blog! I know I haven't been that active yet this year BUT 2020 I am changing that! I feel like this year we all could use a little more enrichment in our lives.

I'm excited to share my fav food, travel, home, relationship, culture, friendship posts and teach more about wine. I hope I can bring joy to someone out there :)

Stay safe this week and hope this list below helps pass some SIP time during COVID-19:

This book "The Universe has your back". We are all struggling right now with some fear, loss of our freedoms and restrictions to our day to day life during SIP. This can trigger so much.... ie past trauma, the desire to control, depression, anxiety, stress, etc, etc. My worry is that people get stuck in this fear after COVID-19 is over. Fear can be addictive and it makes us resist happiness. This book teaches you how to transform your fear into faith and focus on joy!

The book reminds you that the presence of fear is a sure sign you are trusting in your own strength. Yet, this isn't the right approach. The moment you realign with love and stop relying on your own strength your life will flow naturally.

So focus on the love of your partner, love of your family, love of your friends and love of food right now... just focus on love, not fear! Approach your fear with love, then let the fear go and this will clear your path to happiness.

This knotted headband on sale and is so cute!

This always makes me laugh. Agenda for today- let the dog in, let the dog out, let the dog in, let the dog out

I want to make this healthy burger this week- The PLANT veggie burger from San Francisco, CA the secret is Beets, Lentils, Mushroom, millet to hold it together

This cookbook author David Lebowitz is always my go to for recipes! He's an American expat in Paris and has the best food taste in my opinion. You know the type of chef you just trust and love anything he makes?

LOVED this Carnitas recipe and I used a mix of David's recipe and this. The question is the braising liquid. Do you use beer, water or Mexican bottled Coke? I served it with rice and beans and guac.  I used this recipe for rice vs water amounts but watched this video to cook the rice! The secret is to watch someone from Mexico make Mexican rice so it's authentic :) It's all about blending the onion, garlic, tomato in a blender and then adding chicken stock and using that as your liquid to cook the rice!! Also made beans and margaritas and Neko's guacamole with lots and lots of lime that keeps it green. I swear this guac gets even better on Day 2 and Day 3!

The perfect gift for someone's upcoming bday- these Tiffanys rings for $210 and the LOVE ring is amazing I love it!

Dreaming of Orange natural wine and my friends who make Altura wines in gorgeous Isola del Giglio. Francesco Carfagna and his wife Gabriela has the most zen approach to wine and I adore it and him and his whole family. I wish I was there right now. Check it out

My favorite 8am daily free workout - ex soccer players lead this and it gives you mental and physical training that we all need so much during these tough times! He inspires you to get off your couch, to stay positive and to push forward.

This happy playlist to blast during the day and keep the endorphins up

Monday, May 4, 2020

Gift Ideas for Mothers while Social Distancing!


Here is a clip from today!! https://www.ktvu.com/news/gift-ideas-for-mothers-day-while-social-distancing. We are so excited KTVU also wrote an article about us and the ways to spoil MOM! Email us at tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com if you want the send her the box of 3 wines and register for the Zoom here: 

Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-ypqTgtHt0ILtutCsVqSGsPx5cPKU12. Password: Mothersday. 5/10 at 6pm PST. 

Email us to signup at tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com

Also every THRS at 6pm PST we are leading a virtual wine tasting on new wines each week! We can ship you a box of 3-6 wines the week before. 

Also a COVID-19 update for you. During COVID-19 we hope you and your loved ones are healthy and safe! This is a difficult time for the world and we are missing you. We and our winery friends are sheltering in place both at home and in the caves. We’ve cancelled tours to Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and all other regions. We are temporarily shut down. This is the time to come together, to look for silver linings and slow down, learn new things and connect virtually :)

We are shipping wines/champagnes to make your home meals long, slow and peaceful. 

Like we said before we are hosting wkly online wine and champagne courses each wk, 1x a week, and we’d love to see you there! Follow our stories for date/time. Thank you as always for your support over the last 10 yrs! Keep each other close during these challenging times and remember we will be back to showing you truly gorgeous views and delicious wines all over the world. We got through the Paris terror attacks of 2015 shutting us down and we’ll get through this!!! Until then stay safe and healthy.


KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco Mothers Day Virtual wine tasting!



We are so, so, so excited to have been featured on KTVU FOX 2 Mothers Day Special with the gorgeous Sadie Murray! She talked about the following Virtual Wine Tasting we are leading 5/10 this Sunday for Mothers Day and we hope you can join and drink with us virtually! Email here tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com to order the box of wine

  1. WHAT IS OFFEREDWe are hosting a Virtual Wine Tasting for Mothers Day for Channel 2 KTVU 2 San Francisco viewers and a box of special wine for MOM! This is for any Mom out there across the world!
  2. WHEN  Please join us on Mothers Day- May 10th 2020 at 6pm PST. Email here (tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com) to pay for the box of wine $90 total + shipping. The Virtual wine tasting class is free!! Please email address, best phone and we will send you a link to pay via square
  3. HOW MUCH- Box of 3 wines for $90 +shipping and handling which is $30/ bottle + shipping. Virtual wine class is FREE! You can just order 1 bottle if you would like to attend the live virtual class on how to look at color, find complexity, and judge the wine!
  4. DEADLINE TO PURCHASE- Wednesday 5/6/2020 so your wine will arrive by Sunday
  5. WHERE TO PURCHASE- Email tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com


Sunday, May 3, 2020

Mothers Day Virtual Wine Tasting 5/10 at 6pm PST!


Anyone excited for Mothers day? We are! We're hosting a virtual wine tasting and shipping a box of 3 wines for $30 each or $90 total + shipping and handling. Email here to order!

I feel like Mothers, this year especially, deserve an extra celebratory treat during COVID-19! This hasn't been easy for anyone- so many unknowns but also hopefully so many silver linings!! More time to be with family, to learn new things, to get to know your partner better and to expand our horizons. 

As moms and really all of us suddenly find ourselves distanced, there is nothing like wine to bring us back together!! It really is the perfect "Mom juice" to have a glass at the end of the day :) Red wine is shown to lower blood pressure and be good for the heart. Champagne is grown in chalky soil w/ minerals like calcium and magnesium that are good for our bodies! And wine is such a fun way to shower mom on her special day to give her a virtual wine tasting!! 

More details: We are hosting a Virtual Wine Tasting for Mothers Day for Channel 2 KTVU 2 San Francisco viewers and any Mom out there across the country.  Please join us on Mothers Day- May 10th 2020 at 6pm PST. Email here to pay for the box of wine $30/ bottle! $90 total + shipping. The Virtual wine tasting class is free!!

This Virtual Wine Tasting will be led by me Sydney Krueger Owner of Tasty Side To Life Tours. Our company Tasty Side To Life crafts chauffeur driven wine tasting tours to France!! 

This Mothers Day Wine Tasting will be a fun, interactive and perfect way to toast your mom!! Or we can setup one to boast team morale or to add a little something to your works team happy hour and make it virtual! If you want a private virtual wine tasting email us.  

On Sunday May 10th we will not only be tasting together BUT also learning about the French and Italian wine regions which will be so cool, wines, and producers. 

We have selected a couple of wines based on a great $30/ bottle price point and we can ship wines to you for delivery. Please orderASAP for the class Email here

3 Wines We are Tasting on Sunday May 10th at 6pm PST
  1. Champagne Chartogne Taillet Cuvee Saint Anne from Champagne, France
  2. Barbera d'Alba from Piedmont, Italy
  3. A Chateau from Bordeaux, France *either email us to ship to you or by similar wines at home!
What to Bring 
  • 3 wine glasses –  Or 1 that you can wash out
  • Rating system for Wine we will give you: This will be part of our tasting and how we learn about the wines. 

Storage Details: Don’t open your wines prior to the class! We know this will be hard to resist, but totally worth it! 
  • Store in a wine fridge at ~around 55 degrees and/or keep in a dark area, cool area (closest will absolutely work). 
  • Champagne: If you don’t have a wine fridge we will recommend to chill prior to the class –  the classic way to chill a bottle of Champagne is to place it in an ice-bucket, half filled with ice, half with water, for 20 minutes. 
Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-ypqTgtHt0ILtutCsVqSGsPx5cPKU12. Password: Mothersday. 5/10 at 6pm PST


Email Sydney at tastysidetolifetours@gmail.com to sign up for the LIVE ZOOM and to pay via square or call (510) 590 0943!
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