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Tag Archives: California
“You Look Like a Mobster”
“You look like a mobster” is how someone broke the ice in a conversation with me, at a corporate holiday party, because Corporate America can not call it a Christmas Party anymore. I mean I was totally at a loss … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged California, Foley Family Wines, Guenoc, Langtry Estate & Vineyards, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir
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Scharffenberger Cellars
I had the recent good fortune to attend a wine tasting at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan where I belong to their monthly wine club. The tasting was being sponsored by the Vintage Wine Company and was featuring … Continue reading
The Ladies’ Annual Christmas Party 2019
This annual Christmas party has been going on, long before I ever arrived on the scene, but not as long as the Detroit Thanksgiving Parade or the traditional Lion’s Thanksgiving game. It is a tradition and it is a mix … Continue reading
My Club Night at Rocky’s
Every now and then I speak of an evening with food and wine with my dinner club. My club is now about one-hundred-thirty years or more old and counting. The founders of this group, if one knew history, especially the … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Celani Family Wines, Merlot, Napa Valley, Red Blend, Robusto
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Rabble Wine Red Blend
It is that time of the year when I get to pick up the monthly club wines from Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan. I can’t even tell you what the cost is each month, but it is just charged … Continue reading
A Day of Meze
If any of you are Scrabble players or Crossword Puzzles, the word “meze” is probably a word that you have encountered. The words origin is lost in the annals of the world, but to the Armenians it means to eat … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Claret, Domaine Laroque, France, IGP Cite de Carcassonne, Languedoc, Malbec, Monterey, Petit Verdot, Scheid Vineyards
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Ms. Yoga is in Town
One of my recurring characters is paying us a visit, actually she is in town for business, but her command center will be in at our house. Ms. Yoga and my Bride go back long before I was on the … Continue reading
A 24’th Anniversary
Some would say, it would never happen, but it did; and actually, I think I all but proposed the first night, but that would throw the count off. We did the entire nine yards and why not and it has … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Alexander Valley, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cave de Lugny, Chardonnay, France, La Cote Blanche, Livermore Valley, Macon-Villages, Merlot, Murrieta's Well, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Sonoma County, The Spur, Wente Family Estate, Wetzel Family Estate
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