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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Ragtag Wine Company Malbec
Immediately after getting a VIP bracelet to allow us to wander around the Las Vegas Food & Wine Festival with our crystal wine glass in hand, looking very lonely and neglected, because it was empty, we found our first wine … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged California, Malbec, Margarita Vineyard, Paso Robles, Ragtag Wine Company, Santa Margarita Ranch AVA
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Las Vegas Food & Wine Festival
It was quite happenstance or serendipity, but this vacation of ours was planned quite some time prior and only about a month or so prior to our leaving, did I find out about this event. Through the wonders of social … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Uncategorized, Wine
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Shopping and Wining in Summerlin
This was the first time that both of us were retired and in Las Vegas, actually, it was the first trip as Senior Citizens, and we definitely ignored any retirement budget that we haven’t created. We were still on Detroit … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Cuvee Belle Dame, Domaine Vacheron, France, Loire Valley, Pinot Noir, Sancerre
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The First Night Was at Grimaldi’s
The logistics of getting us, our children and the grandchildren is an almost impossible task, in fact it was. While we were on holidays, our children were working, and our grandchildren were students and part-time workers as well. Our first … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Italy, Mille Gradi, Rocca delle Macie, Rosso Toscano, Sangiovese
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Surviving Over a Week in Vegas
When you go to Las Vegas to visit your children and not to gamble, it is a different mindset. The kids live in Summerlin and that is where we stay, about ten miles from The Strip. In 1952 Howard Hughes … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Amador County, California, Chenin Blanc, Famille Bougrier, France, IGP Val de Loire, Loire Valley, Shenandoah Vineyards, Sobon Estate, Viognier
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Wining at Detroit Metro
Perhaps if we flew First Class, I might enjoy flying more, but the system has definitely made me a curmudgeon. We get there so early, to park and get a shuttle to check-in and check our luggage; I also enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged 181 Merlot, California, Canyon Road Winery, Delicato Family Vineyards, Lodi, Merlot, Noble Vines Collection, Pinot Grigio
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Mixed Memories of Old Vegas
“There was this kid I grew up with; he was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most … Continue reading
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Fine Wine Source October 2022 Club Wine Selections
We just flew back home, and I had to stop at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan to get the October Selections of the Wine Club. It happens to be the best bargain I have found and I have … Continue reading
Manzanos Red Wine 1961 Spain
How often does one get the chance to taste a sixty-one-year-old wine, when they walk into their local wine shop, but this is what happened the other day. I was only seven, when this wine came out, and while I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodegas Manzanos, Grenache, Manzanos Red Wine, Rioja, Rioja Alta, Spain, Tempranillo, Vino Tinto
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Armenian Wines in Livonia
I have discussed Armenian wines periodically, and they have arrived at my local wine shop, The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan. On one of my stops in the shop, they showed me some wines that were dropped off for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aghavnadzor, Aghsafi, Aragatsotn, Areni, Areni Reserve, Armenia, Arpa Valley, Haghtanak, Milagh, Reserve, Sasunik, Storica Wines, Van Ardi Wines, Vayots Dzor, Voskehat, Zulal
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