Tag Archives: Muscat

We Got Our Fix of Foie Gras

Posted on June 16, 2025 by thewineraconteur

The next day after the graduation ceremony, we talked about getting together for dinner, and my Bride thought that it would be an all-day affair, and I said that they were out having a good time, and they would barely … Continue reading →

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Fine Wine Source Club – March 2025

Posted on March 23, 2025 by thewineraconteur

It felt so good to get out in the real world as pneumonia really beat me up.   It was seven weeks before I really attempted to join the world again, and did it feel good.  My first stop was at … Continue reading →

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Kelleen Hubbs and Ixsir Winery

Posted on December 16, 2024 by thewineraconteur

I recently did a wine tasting at The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan featuring wines from Ixsir Winery.  The winery was founded in 2009 in the northern part of Lebanon in Batroun which is a coastal area.   They are … Continue reading →

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Some of Us Went to Boathouse Vineyards

Posted on August 2, 2023 by thewineraconteur

My Bride wanted to make sure that some if not all her sisters had a chance to visit Boathouse Vineyards up in the Leelanau Peninsula.  We had found it during a trip up north in 2017.   This is a winery … Continue reading →

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A Unique French Rosé Wine Tasting

Posted on July 5, 2023 by thewineraconteur

Through social media and assorted wine associates, I found out about a wine tasting at Bar Pigalle in Detroit.  Detroit is undergoing a change, it is being rediscovered and areas that were once elegant and trendy, had become areas that … Continue reading →

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Two Whites from Ixsir Winery

Posted on October 29, 2021 by thewineraconteur

It was a delightful experience to be regaled by Etienne Debbanne, the Co-founder and Chairman of Ixsir Winery at my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan.  Ixsir Winery is considered to have the finest terroirs in … Continue reading →

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An Armenian Wine Tasting

Posted on November 14, 2019 by thewineraconteur

I had the pleasure to attend a wine tasting featuring wines from Armenia.  The event was to raise money in the celebration of the Seventieth Anniversary of The Michigan Home for the Armenian Aged and it was held the Banquet … Continue reading →

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Pasty and Wine

Posted on August 11, 2018 by thewineraconteur

Our first night of getting situated up in Crystal Mountain in our vacation home for our Michigan adventure.  After schlepping all the groceries into the house, the sisters took it upon themselves to make sense out of the larders for … 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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Boathouse Vineyards

Posted on August 18, 2017 by thewineraconteur

This was a first for me, a winery that can be visited by car or boat, as the tasting room is located on the waterway connecting North Lake Leelanau with South Lake Leelanau. Michigan is the pleasure boat capital of … Continue reading →

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