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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

Visiting a New Home

Posted on February 26, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Some dear friends of ours built a brand new house out in the country on a private road on a private lake.  We went out to see the new house now that it has been completed.  The last time we … Continue reading →

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Men’s Wear and Wine

Posted on February 25, 2013 by thewineraconteur

There is a certain civility when one is attired properly, and in the world of Casual Fridays ad infinitum, part of that civility seems to have disappeared.  I am from that old school where decorum is still part of my … Continue reading →

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The Courthouse Grille in Plymouth, Michigan

Posted on February 24, 2013 by thewineraconteur

I have mentioned before that I belong to a dinner club, and we meet once a month for our hobby and to socialize.  The club is over a hundred years old, and when I first became a member I was … Continue reading →

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Fonte D’Amore in Livonia, Michigan

Posted on February 23, 2013 by thewineraconteur

As I just finished writing my praise for Luciano DelSignore for his newest accolade at his Bacco Ristorante, I just have to write about the restaurant where we first met.  My Bride and I had just bought our house and … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Bacco Ristorante

Posted on February 22, 2013 by thewineraconteur

This past week a restaurant that I have mentioned before Bacco Ristorante in Southfield, Michigan received The Detroit Free Press 2013 Restaurant of the Year.  Add to this that they had received a couple years earlier Hour Magazine’s award and … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 21, 2013 by thewineraconteur

We had a very quiet dinner at home on Valentine’s Day.  It is not that I do not like to be out with my Bride, as I think my articles would differ with that assumption.  I do not like going … Continue reading →

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Declaration, Cold Mountain and a Cold Chardonnay

Posted on February 20, 2013 by thewineraconteur

We were going to have dinner at 82 Queen in the evening and we were walking around the downtown area.  When we got to Queen Street it was cordoned off for a movie.  They were filming a scene from the … Continue reading →

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Boone Hall Plantation, Magnolias in Charleston, South Carolina

Posted on February 19, 2013 by thewineraconteur

One day while we were enjoying the charms of Charleston, we became real tourists and took a trip to Boone Hall Plantation, which is one of the few working plantations in the South.  While it is not Tara or Twelve … Continue reading →

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Fort Moultrie, Cypress and a Sauvignon Blanc in Charleston

Posted on February 18, 2013 by thewineraconteur

One of our day trips while we were on holidays in Charleston was to Fort Moultrie and the Fort Sumter National Monument, which is part of the National Park Service.  This fort defended Charleston Harbor from the Revolutionary War to … Continue reading →

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Charleston, South Carolina

Posted on February 17, 2013 by thewineraconteur

This was a city that we had to visit.  One of the most famous characters in literature hailed from this hallowed city of the South; Rhett Butler, one of the most famous men of print and cinema, and a man, … Continue reading →

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