Category Archives: Wine

Lunch at Vida in the Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Posted on March 11, 2024 by thewineraconteur

The newest hotel on The Strip is Fontainebleau Las Vegas and normally we don’t go to The Strip anymore, but we were meeting one of our son’s friends who has moved out to Vegas, has his own show at a … Continue reading →

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Another Night of Pizza at Grimaldi’s

Posted on March 8, 2024 by thewineraconteur

I realize that most people that go to Las Vegas, believe the quotation “whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”  Not for us, we go to Vegas to see two of our children and five of our grandchildren.  We try … Continue reading →

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Dinner at Le Supreme

Posted on March 2, 2024 by thewineraconteur

It was a Sunday evening and we had booked an early dinner at Le Supreme, before we went to see “Wicked” with another couple. My Bride and I had brunch there a couple of months earlier, right after their opening; … Continue reading →

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A Sunday of “Wicked”

Posted on February 28, 2024 by thewineraconteur

Thankfully we had a most unusual mild winter here, as we were meeting another couple to go and see another theatrical run of “Wicked” and this time it was at the Detroit Opera House, or the Michigan Opera Theatre, and … Continue reading →

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Etre Artiste Pour la Saint-Valentín

Posted on February 25, 2024 by thewineraconteur

Being an artist for Valentine’s Day was the theme of a painting party that my Bride attended for the girls, that one of my cousins hosted at her house.  The good news is they didn’t need to get a curly-haired … Continue reading →

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Fine Wine Source – February 2024 Club Selections

Posted on February 22, 2024 by thewineraconteur

Around the tenth of the month, is when you will always find me for sure at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan as I always look forward to getting the wine club selections.  It is always a mystery and … Continue reading →

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Another Night at Andiamo

Posted on February 19, 2024 by thewineraconteur

We met our son and his wife at Andiamo in West Bloomfield, one of the restaurants that is kind of half way between our two houses.  This particular restaurant is rather infamous as it was the Machus Red Fox that … Continue reading →

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An Arrow & Branch Tasting – Part Two

Posted on February 16, 2024 by thewineraconteur

A wonderful wine tasting at my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan and featuring the wines of Arrow & Branch Estate Vineyard of Napa Valley.  The Contursis had developed a love for Bordeaux and the wines … Continue reading →

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Arrow & Branch Tasting – Part One

Posted on February 13, 2024 by thewineraconteur

I had a very intense morning and I was not sure if I was going to make a tasting at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, but the Gods approved and I was able to do a tasting of wines … Continue reading →

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Three Stellar Reds

Posted on February 10, 2024 by thewineraconteur

Sometimes I have to pinch myself, to make sure that I am alive and not dreaming when I go to a tasting at my local wine shop, The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan.  After a tasting of a group … Continue reading →

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