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About thewineraconteur

A non-technical wine writer, who enjoys the moment with the wine, as much as the wine. Twitter.com/WineRaconteur Instagram/thewineraconteur Facebook/ The Wine Raconteur

Fried Shrimp Extravaganzas

Posted on November 5, 2013 by thewineraconteur

I was just talking to someone about the famous “Shrimp Fried” dinners we used to have when I was a kid.  Periodically through friends of my Father we would get fifty or sixty pounds of fresh jumbo shrimp (I know … Continue reading →

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La Di Da

Posted on November 3, 2013 by thewineraconteur

I am part of the world that is wired into Social Media, and the other day one of my “friends” wrote to me that she is enjoying a sweet red wine called La Di Da.  I had never heard of … Continue reading →

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An Observation from a Casual Wine Drinker

Posted on November 1, 2013 by thewineraconteur

My last article was about the Birthday/Halloween combination party for the month of October and I had mentioned about the bottle of wine that was not drinkable.  After I had finished my duties in the kitchen, I went down in … Continue reading →

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Birthdays and Halloween Combined

Posted on October 30, 2013 by thewineraconteur

As I have written before, the family usually gets together to celebrate all of the birthdays for the month on one day, this year a Halloween party was combined with it.  The venue was also changed, so that we could … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Eve Dinner

Posted on October 28, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Now and then new holidays and special days are created by one just using their imagination.  Birthday Eve has a nice ring to it, but it is not listed as a holiday.  Our son took my Bride out the night … Continue reading →

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Rethinking About a Wine Vault

Posted on October 26, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Sometimes I am a procrastinator.  Of course the reason for the procrastination is that I will have to redo the family room and I am sure it is due, as well as several other rooms in the house.  We received … Continue reading →

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Olive & Ivy in Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted on October 24, 2013 by thewineraconteur

We took a tour of “Old” Scottsdale with our hostess one day, as it is full of art galleries and similar shops.  While there are plenty of stores there, alas there were some galleries that were closing or had closed … Continue reading →

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“Oops” – Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #4

Posted on October 22, 2013 by thewineraconteur

“Oops” is not the word you want to hear from your surgeon or for that matter from your Certified Public Accountant.  We are having the fourth installment of the “Monthly Wine Writing Challenge” and the theme of “Oops” has been … Continue reading →

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North at Kierland Commons

Posted on October 20, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Sometimes the thirst must be self inflicted to leave one city in a desert Las Vegas to go to another desert in Arizona, and the temperature was about twenty degrees hotter as well.  I still get thirsty just thinking about … Continue reading →

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Seeing My Cousin in Pheonix

Posted on October 18, 2013 by thewineraconteur

As we bid our children and grandchildren adieu in Las Vegas, we boarded another plane to visit one of my cousins that lives in the Phoenix area for dinner and then we were going to go see an old friend … Continue reading →

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