Tag Archives: Chardonnay

Brunch at Echo & Rig

Posted on March 16, 2018 by thewineraconteur

“A hot dog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz.” – Humphrey Bogart Those are the words that greets you on the window as you approach Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse at Tivoli Village, and from … Continue reading →

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Marche Bacchus Survived

Posted on March 14, 2018 by thewineraconteur

We were going to try to meet some other wine bloggers for an afternoon while we were in Las Vegas, but I guess our communications were misunderstood.  I had suggested Marche Bacchus as a likely place to meet, as it … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon in Vegas

Posted on March 10, 2018 by thewineraconteur

If one has never been to Las Vegas the bright lights are almost a Siren call for all of the glitter that is there.  Alas, for me that Siren has long been silenced from all of the years of going … Continue reading →

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Getting Situated in Vegas

Posted on March 6, 2018 by thewineraconteur

The joys of modern travel.  After scrambling off the plane with each of us carrying two bags, we made our way to the baggage area, to get our other luggage.  I have no idea, how people can do a flight … Continue reading →

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Getting There…

Posted on March 4, 2018 by thewineraconteur

Getting there is half the fun, as they say, unless you can remember back in the good old days of airline travel when it was glamorous and going to Las Vegas used to be fun.  Nowadays airline travel is more … Continue reading →

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A Quick Stop?

Posted on February 18, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I had some errands to take care of, as it has been a hectic couple of weeks and I thought I would stop by The Fine Wine Source in Livonia to take a look around. I immediately greeted the owner … Continue reading →

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February Birthdays 2018

Posted on February 16, 2018 by thewineraconteur

As is our usual thing we all get together one day in the month to celebrate all the birthdays of that month. This one was kind of touch and go, as it seems that Winter has lately been tormenting us … Continue reading →

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A Blow-out Tasting

Posted on February 8, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I received a rather cryptic email telling me that there would be a blow-out tasting at D. Vine Fine Wines in Livonia, and I was free, so my curiosity got the best of me. I got there a bit early, … Continue reading →

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More Touts

Posted on January 23, 2018 by thewineraconteur

I have to admit that sometimes my prose sounds like it was borrowed from Damon Runyon or Dashiell Hammett, and I guess you can blame it on my youth and my environment. People actually talked that way and it even … Continue reading →

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Bubbles Can’t Hurt

Posted on January 21, 2018 by thewineraconteur

January has been a killer month so far, with all of the extreme cold weather that has pounded us. We just got finished with the holidays and it should have been a month to just (ice) skate through. The extreme … Continue reading →

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