Tag Archives: Grenache

AIX and Ethel M

Posted on November 5, 2022 by thewineraconteur

 As we continued to graze and taste at the Las Vegas Food & Wine Festival at Tivoli Village, we were just having fun.  We were talking about wine and food and comparing notes with total strangers, but that was part … Continue reading →

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Manzanos Red Wine 1961 Spain

Posted on October 14, 2022 by thewineraconteur

How often does one get the chance to taste a sixty-one-year-old wine, when they walk into their local wine shop, but this is what happened the other day.  I was only seven, when this wine came out, and while I … Continue reading →

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Two Labels That Ms. Yoga Wanted

Posted on October 8, 2022 by thewineraconteur

While we were at Sandhill Crane Vineyards, Ms. Yoga got very excited about a wine label, which reminded her of another wine that she had brought to Casa Raconteur for us to try, and she was trying to figure out, … Continue reading →

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Monterey Wine Club September 2022 Selections

Posted on September 16, 2022 by thewineraconteur

It must be September, because I just received a shipment from “A Taste of Monterey” which we started years ago, back when Michigan was still a felony state for out of state wine shipments.  By accident, we walked into their … Continue reading →

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Vina Tondonia and Habemus

Posted on August 15, 2022 by thewineraconteur

There we were, my Bride was with me, for a wine tasting at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan, but we were tempted with a couple of other wines as well.  As I have stated, I think my Bride … Continue reading →

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A Rioja Reserva and a Campo de Borja

Posted on April 15, 2022 by thewineraconteur

It is always a great time when I am at my local wine shop, The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan.  I was attending a special wine tasting that was set up for an Instagram blogger that I had originally … Continue reading →

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Fine Wine Source March 2022 Club Choices

Posted on March 24, 2022 by thewineraconteur

This has been the month for wine club selections, and I always look forward to my local shop, The Fine Wine Source, for their picks of the month.  Every wine has been selected and curated by the owner of the … Continue reading →

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Chateau de Calavon

Posted on March 4, 2022 by thewineraconteur

While I was doing a tasting at my local wine shop The Fine Wine Shop in Livonia, Michigan, I had a chance to try three wines from the same estate in a region that I have only written about four … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day – Part Two

Posted on February 18, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Life is never quite how you plan it.  We were going to go see the ice sculptures in downtown Plymouth and it would give us a day of exercise.  One year, we went and it was so warm the sculptures … Continue reading →

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Stufato di Frutti di Mare

Posted on January 29, 2022 by thewineraconteur

One day in one of my enjoyable trips to my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan, I was just getting ready to leave and I got waylaid.  Now I realize that it sounds peculiar that I … Continue reading →

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