Tag Archives: Merlot

Mystery: The Monthly Wine Writing Challenge

Posted on January 8, 2014 by thewineraconteur

“Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I’ve found you! At last, I know the secret of it all!” is the lines of the song that Madeline Kahn sings when she is with The Monster in “Young Frankenstein.”   Mystery … Continue reading →

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A Few More Wine Gifts from Friends

Posted on January 4, 2014 by thewineraconteur

As I have stated before, and I am sure that other wine lovers can concur, that there are a lot of people that are hesitant to try to buy a bottle of wine for us as gifts.  Some people are … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Dinner Party

Posted on December 13, 2013 by thewineraconteur

The month of December is always filled with business, corporate and association dinners.  I was recently invited to a dinner, which was affiliated with a board meeting.  This meeting was more of a fun setting and I got to tag … Continue reading →

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A Surprise Guest for Thanksgiving

Posted on December 1, 2013 by thewineraconteur

The usual crowd was coming to the house to celebrate Thanksgiving, as well as the birthdays in the month of November.  Not to mention that the family from Louisville were also in town for the holiday.  Can you say full … Continue reading →

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An Observation from a Casual Wine Drinker

Posted on November 1, 2013 by thewineraconteur

My last article was about the Birthday/Halloween combination party for the month of October and I had mentioned about the bottle of wine that was not drinkable.  After I had finished my duties in the kitchen, I went down in … Continue reading →

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Birthdays and Halloween Combined

Posted on October 30, 2013 by thewineraconteur

As I have written before, the family usually gets together to celebrate all of the birthdays for the month on one day, this year a Halloween party was combined with it.  The venue was also changed, so that we could … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Eve Dinner

Posted on October 28, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Now and then new holidays and special days are created by one just using their imagination.  Birthday Eve has a nice ring to it, but it is not listed as a holiday.  Our son took my Bride out the night … Continue reading →

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North at Kierland Commons

Posted on October 20, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Sometimes the thirst must be self inflicted to leave one city in a desert Las Vegas to go to another desert in Arizona, and the temperature was about twenty degrees hotter as well.  I still get thirsty just thinking about … Continue reading →

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A Few More Wines

Posted on October 2, 2013 by thewineraconteur

Since I think I covered most of the tables that really held my interest at the Culinary Extravaganza 2013 this will be my last post of that event until next year, if I am fortunate to go again.  My Bride … Continue reading →

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First Tastes from the Culinary Extravaganza 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by thewineraconteur

As soon as we walked into the main room for the Culinary Extravaganza we encountered a table with a restaurant that I had not heard of.  The restaurant was The Stand in Birmingham, Michigan and try as I could; I … Continue reading →

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