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Monthly Archives: December 2020
2021
We wish everyone a Happy New Year and a blessed 2021. I am not a gushing type of guy, and I am not really acerbic, maybe somewhere in the middle. I think of two pieces of art, one we tried … Continue reading
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One Italian, One Canadian
One of my favorite things to do, especially this year is to stop at my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source and pick up the monthly wine club selections. The wines are always picked for being interesting and not … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Baco Noir, Bibi Graetz, Canada, Casamatta Rosso, Henry of Pelham, Italy, Ontario, Sangiovese, Toscana IGT
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Merry Christmas 2020
A short note wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, after this trying year. The agony of not seeing family has been difficult here and everywhere else. May you have love, luck, health and happiness. Go and enjoy your Christmas or the … Continue reading
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Mimosas Are for Sunday
I think it was about twenty years ago, that we were told that we were going into a fifteen-day lockdown mode and it has been a roller-coaster ride ever since, my recollection of the time span may be off, but … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Brut, California, Champagne, Chardonnay, Duval-Leroy, France, Mendocino County, Methode Traditionelle, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Scharffenberger Cellars
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Bernardus Sierra Mar Chardonnay SLH
There is no doubt that I have the avid curiosity of a kid when we get our quarterly box of three wines from A Taste of Monterey. It sometimes feels like an archeologist getting ready to discover an undiscovered room. … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Taste of Monterey", Bernardus Winery, California, Chardonnay, Monterey, Santa Lucia Highlands, Sierra Mar Vineyard
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Wrath Wines KW Ranch Syrah
A December surprise is always what will be in the shipment from A Taste of Monterey from their “Private Reserve Club.” We have been members of this club for ages and it gives us a chance to enjoy some wines … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Taste of Monterey", California, KW Ranch & Highlands, Monterey, Santa Lucia Highlands, Syrah, Wrath Estate Winery
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Two From Prum
I had the chance to taste two different wines from the same winery, same vineyard, same vintage, but two different levels of ripeness while I was at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan. I guess as a “Street Somm” … Continue reading
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Tagged Auslese, Germany, Joh. Jos. Prum, Mosel, Riesling, Sonnenuhr, Spatlese, Wehlener
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An Elbling and a Riesling
An Elbling and a Riesling Sometimes as I walk around my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source, I see wines that I haven’t noticed before. If it happens when I am there alone, nothing much happens, perhaps a little … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Buntsanstein, Elbling, Germany, Mosel, Pfalz, Rheinpfalz, Riesling, Trocken, Weingut Frieden-Berg Gbr, Weingut Matthias Hild, Weingut Pfluger
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