Tag Archives: Blason D’Issan

Mission Impossible Worked

Posted on August 3, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Jim Phelps would have been impressed, especially when there were several times that I thought the cat had been let out of the bag. As I walked up along side of her with two bags of wine, I knew that … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve 2021/2022

Posted on January 12, 2022 by thewineraconteur

It was dubbed the original “Amateur’s Night” by one of Hollywood’s most famous bad boys, Humphrey Bogart, who created the Rat Pack that eventually came to be associated with Frank and the boys.  A different era, a different lifestyle and … Continue reading →

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En Primeur Reds – Part Two

Posted on July 5, 2021 by thewineraconteur

If I was this excited just tasting a selective sample group of En Primeur wines, if and when the world opens up again properly, those lucky souls that will be there, will be in Seventh Heaven.  I have read and … Continue reading →

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Moulin D’Issan

Posted on February 5, 2021 by thewineraconteur

With my honorary title of “Street Somm” I am one of the first to admit that there is still a lot to learn, even after drinking wine for fifty years.  I was at the Fine Wine Source my favorite home … Continue reading →

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Chateau D’Issan

Posted on August 13, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I guess it will go down in the annals of The Wine Raconteur as a moment of serendipity.  It was kind of funny, a mixed case of wine from Louisville meets a mixed case of wine from Detroit up at … Continue reading →

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Blason D’Issan

Posted on July 30, 2018 by thewineraconteur

“Impetuous” maybe one of the greatest lines of cinematic dialogue especially when uttered by Michelin Oge Flynn and it has nothing to do with wine, but it best describes my Bride when she tasted this wine.  I am never sure … Continue reading →

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One Silky, One Robust

Posted on February 28, 2018 by thewineraconteur

The last two wines that I tasted at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan were very diverse.  One of the wines was from a lauded commune of the Haute Medoc and the other was from one of the least … Continue reading →

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