Monthly Archives: January 2020

Christmas Eve 2019

I still find the Christmas Season wonderful and I am the type of person to wish people “Merry Christmas,” unless I know that they celebrate a different holiday; and I don’t do it for spite, but because I so enjoy … Continue reading

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Cades Cove Cellars of Tennessee

The Wine Raconteur Jr. gave me a bottle of Tennessee wine in a contraption that Rube Goldberg would have been proud of.  So soon enough, I will be able to add that state to my completed group of wines, but … Continue reading

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An Amarone and an Eiswein

A dinner with The Wine Raconteur (Sr.) and Jr. and the two lovely brides, and some cameo appearances by the children.  It was the perfect setting for a Christmas season dinner and we were happy to be squeezed in to … Continue reading

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A 1992 Gallo Chardonnay

One never knows what to expect when you start to rearrange the wine cellar, especially me, because I can be rather forgetful about what is there.  I saw this bottle and realized that it could possibly be an interesting article … Continue reading

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Happy New Year 2020

As we leave the last time that I will ever be able to say I was in the teens, I wish everyone a Happy New Year, filled with continued prosperity and happiness.  Also remember that the attire for the Roaring … Continue reading

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