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Tag Archives: Grenache
Some Wines to Get Dinner Going
While Ms. Yoga was in town, we were going to go try a new restaurant in Downtown Detroit. Ms. Yoga and my Bride were going to watch football at the stadium. Now you have to understand that at some unknown … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Cave de Lugny, Chardonnay, Chateau Minuty, Cinsault, Cote de Provence, France, Grenache, La Cote Blanche, M de Minuty, Macon-Villages, Maconnaise, Syrah
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Bodegas Alto Moncayo
I am trying two different wines at Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan and they are both Garnache wines from Bodegas Alto Moncayo and both were of the same vintage (2015). I wasn’t really sure how to react when I … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Bodegas Alto Moncayo, Campo de Borja, Garnacha, Grenache, Spain, Veraton
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Start With Syrah
One of the most popular questions that I receive is “what do you do?” I respond that I am a retired clothier of some forty plus year at least, and in today’s lifestyle that word requires an explanation. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Can Blau, Carignan, Catalonia, Cellars Can Blau, Domaine Eric et Joel Durand, France, Grenache, IGP Collines Rhodaniennes, Juan Gil Family Estates, Montsant, Spain, Syrah
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Stafford’s Perry Hotel
We found ourselves up in Petoskey, Michigan again for a few days of business and pleasure. My Bride was attending a board meeting and I was the tag-along spouse, who for me it was all pleasure and then she would … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged California, Cardiff Vineyards, Chardonnay, Cotes du Rhone, Domaine des Pasquiers, France, Grenache, Syrah
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Two Heady Reds
I picked up two new red wines from my new wine club at Fine Wine Source in Livonia. I had a very strange week and I could hardly manage to squeeze a trip over there, because I knew that I … Continue reading
Lodi and Puglia
I recently picked up the monthly pair of wines from the Fine Wine Source Wine Club, our newest club and quite close to the house. While it kind of seems odd to see Lodi and Puglia together in the title, … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Agricole Vallone, Bricks & Roses, California, Carignan, Dry Rosé, Grenache, Italy, Klinker Brick Winery, Lodi, Lodi-Mokelumne River, Mouvedre, Primitivo, Puglia, Salento IGT, Syrah, Versante
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Up North Again
When you live in the Detroit area, when you say up North, you are covering a lot of territory, not just the Lower Peninsula, but the Upper Peninsula as well. We found ourselves going back to Crystal Mountain Resort and … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Belleruche, Cinsault, Cotes du Rhone, Dry Rosé, France, Grenache, M. Chapoutier, Syrah
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