Tag Archives: Marques de Riscal

Lost Another Two

Posted on March 15, 2021 by thewineraconteur

Since for the last year, in case you missed it, everybody has been kind of a homebody, unless you are a politician.  We have been drinking more wine at home, perhaps in the last year, then we have during the … Continue reading →

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Chili and Rioja

Posted on April 26, 2020 by thewineraconteur

 Major Clipton: “Are they both mad? Or am I going mad? Or is it the sun?  Another day in someone’s version of utopia and we are making the most of it.  I have been in a funk, but I think … Continue reading →

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When Its Least Expected

Posted on January 16, 2019 by thewineraconteur

There was an old television show in black and white called Candid Camera and I purloined the title from their song.  Periodically I am surprised when I get gifts, I give out gifts, especially in the Christmas season, without a … Continue reading →

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Two Marquises

Posted on November 5, 2018 by thewineraconteur

In the United States, peerage ranking is not really taught, so suffice it to say that a Marquis is a nobleman below a Duke, but above an Earl or a Count.  The most famous Marquis known in the United States … Continue reading →

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The Wine Raconteur and The Raconteur’s Apprentice

Posted on December 22, 2014 by thewineraconteur

The “nom de plumes” of this blog, seem to be growing, and though some are not as colorful as one would encounter from Damon Runyon or Dashiell Hammett we recently had a Christmas dinner with “The Raconteur’s Apprentice.” This name … Continue reading →

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Trouble

Posted on August 11, 2013 by thewineraconteur

“Oh we’ve got trouble; we got lots and lots of trouble.  We got trouble right here in River City” I am paraphrasing some of the lines from a great number from The Music Man, the classic American musical of stage … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Father’s Day

Posted on June 20, 2013 by thewineraconteur

We try not to go out on holidays, as there are usually too many people, and I feel that the service and the food service can suffer from the crowds that think they have to go out.  We enjoyed a … Continue reading →

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Church Street Station in Downtown Orlando, Florida

Posted on March 6, 2013 by thewineraconteur

On one of our evenings while we were in Orlando, Florida we went to downtown Orlando, and discovered the Church Street Station.  The actual structure was a train station at one time and the one street was blocked off for … Continue reading →

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