Category Archives: Wine

A Belated New Year’s Eve

Posted on January 22, 2026 by thewineraconteur

Since we had just received some limited good news from my surgeon, we decided to go out for the New Year’s Eve dinner, that we had to cancel.  I had even bought a new dinner jacket for New Year’s Eve … Continue reading →

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Fine Wine Source Club – January 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026 by thewineraconteur

A couple of weeks after my surgery, we went to see the surgeon for a follow up, I still should not lift anything heavy, we decided that a bottle of wine was fine, but a magnum was too heavy; this … Continue reading →

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“A Good Year,” Samples and Cairanne

Posted on January 16, 2026 by thewineraconteur

An afternoon of serendipitous intersections of a wine-themed film, and a couple of appetizer samples, and a sample bottle of wine for a lazy day. One of my many mutual wine bloggers on Instagram mentioned a little-known wine-themed romantic comedy … Continue reading →

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The Last Christmas Dinner of 2025

Posted on January 13, 2026 by thewineraconteur

We were trying to get everything together, before my procedure, and our one son and his wife wanted to see us, since we missed the big family get-together, unfortunately their children had to work that evening. We started the morning … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner With TWR, Jr. – Part Two

Posted on January 10, 2026 by thewineraconteur

We always have a wonderful time with The Wine Raconteur, Jr. and his Bride and family.  We were also glad that we didn’t have to postpone this dinner, because it was before my operation and I presumed that my diet … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner With TWR, Jr. – Part One

Posted on January 7, 2026 by thewineraconteur

Just so that I can keep some of my narratives in sequence, we had a couple of dinners scheduled, before the side trip to the emergency room and before we knew that I was going to have another procedure. The … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day 2026

Posted on January 4, 2026 by thewineraconteur

I realize that my holiday narrative has been a bit down, as we didn’t partake of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or a New Year’s Eve dinner, though I have still other nights of wine to relay, prior to my surgery. … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by thewineraconteur

Normally at this time of the year, I write about the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners that we attend, and we usually just take a turkey or her famous Caesar Salad, and of course bottles of wine.  Everything was … Continue reading →

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Fine Wine Source Club – December 2025

Posted on December 23, 2025 by thewineraconteur

I went back to my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan the next day after the Lingua Franca tasting, as the shop was wall to wall people with those leaving the tasting and making purchases, and … Continue reading →

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Larry Stone and Lingua Franca – Part Three

Posted on December 20, 2025 by thewineraconteur

We were coming up to the end of the special wine tasting at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan.  Larry Stone was very informative and unfortunately, he had only an hour per session to talk about his wines.  I … Continue reading →

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