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St. Patty & Wine
The perfect pairings for traditional Irish foods. On St. Patrick’s Day, we often pull out the Irish Whiskey or a Guinness to go with...
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- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Happy Birthday Riesling! & how to read a German wine label
March 13, we celebrate Riesling being 586 years old. One of my first recollections of wine is a Spode bottle filled with somewhat sweet...
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- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
IPA's, where did they come from?
India Pale Ale, aka IPA, have been around for a long time and have now become an American standard. Anyone who is brewing, has to make an...
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
'The Last Word" Cocktail with Green Chartreuse
A little known cocktail with a long history. I had never heard of this cocktail until reading about the pre-prohibition days and knew...
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- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
The making of red wine
Red and white wines are actually made a bit differently. The same basic principles are in place, converting grapes into alcohol, but it...
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- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Wineries behind the most famous wines
Great wine begins in a great vineyard. The soil, the sun, the wind, the moisture all make the grape. Here is a bit about two such...
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- Apr 4, 2018
- 2 min
Same grape different names? What?
A lot of grapes have different names, which makes this what kind of wine thing even tougher....right? Not to mention there are easily...
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- Mar 6, 2018
- 2 min
All about the bottle
Did you know that the bottle holding your wine says a lot about the wine? The general rule is that the grape and the bottle shape go hand...
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- Mar 5, 2018
- 1 min
Old style, new wine Orange wines
Had one of these last night for the first time ever! DELICIOUS! No this isn't wine made from oranges but a wine made from white grapes...
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- Feb 26, 2018
- 2 min
Bad wine, or not bad wine
Sometimes bad stuff happens to wine as it travels across the country or the world. Let's take a look at some common 'bad stuff' and their...
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- Feb 13, 2018
- 1 min
Pairing with real food
While I sometimes create a lasagna that takes all day to cook, more often we eat what I would call 'real' food. What I can put in a...
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- Feb 13, 2018
- 1 min
On the lookout for burgundy vintages
Just read an article about the great vintage 2015 is looking for wine from Burgundy, France. It is interesting because they say that...
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- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
just in ...best box o'wine ever
I have always made fun of my mom for drinking 'box wine.' Part of it was because it is what I would call adult koolaid but part of it was...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
my favorite current wine find
I am always on the lookout for something new and different. I love finding those wines made from one of the thousands of wine grapes that...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
beer, beer & more beer 101
There are so many craft beers, styles of beer, ways of brewing beer now .... I am hoping to share a few more details about beer here that...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
random libations
Not all people enjoy a glass of wine or beer, many have another libation that is their go-to. The list is long, very long, and ever...
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