Month: November 2015
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Boscarelli: Quietly Crafting Outstanding #Wine
Tuscan wines are smoking hot right now. There are eight Tuscan wines in the Top 52 of Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2015. The current release 2010 vintage of Brunello is arguably its best in a decade. Chianti’s 2010 through 2012 and the not yet released 2013 vintage are solid performers and the coastal […]
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Celebrating Life’s Fun with VivaJennz
It is said that necessity is the mother of all inventions. Take the story of Sara Blakely, a woman who was looking for shapewear that was not attached to a pair of panty hose and was made for the variety of sizes and shapes of women. How did she research and test this product? With […]
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Exploring the Art of Living with Ferrari-Carano Vineyards
The holiday season is upon us and with it comes hectic time of rush, rush, rush. I would like to challenge you to do something different this year. Really, a new way to approach the holiday season that will hopefully stay with you into 2016. I’d like us all to enjoy this holiday season with […]
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Fall into Languedoc AOP for Great Food and Wine Pairings
I enjoy cooking. I like to cook year round but I particularly like the flavors and colors of fall cuisine. I prefer to use as many fresh ingredients as possible in my cooking but living in an urban area most of my fresh ingredients come from the local super market. However, I do have a […]
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Oh Bordeaux You’re So Fine
I love things in life that offer a sense of time and place. This is one reason I love about music. It has been said that music is the soundtrack of our lives. That sentiment is so true for me. When I hear songs like “Muskrat Love,” “Staying Alive,” “Oh Mickey,” and “Hungry Like the […]
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Special Occasion #Wine Suggestions on Snooth
The holidays are quickly approaching! Its the time of year to share great wine and food with those we love. Its the time of year to indulge a little and spend a lot. Its the perfect time of year to splurge on a special bottle of wine or two that you have been waiting to […]
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Villa Maria: Crafting Great Wine in Middle Earth
Of all the fictional worlds I cannot image one I would rather experience more than middle earth. Imagine walking through the Shire or over the majestic mountains to reach the large valley that houses Helm’s Deep, trekking through the Fangorn Forest to visit Treebeard or even better the eternally serene beauty of Rivendell. Of course, […]
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Welcoming the Sun at Avignonesi Winery
Rain rain go away; come again another day. As we began our 2 hour trek from Rome to Montepulciano it was raining, hard. Driving an unfamiliar car in an unfamiliar land can be challenging enough, add rain to the mix and who knows what it going to happen. Well what happened is we made our […]
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Celebrate Thanksgiving Lodi Style
When you think of Thanksgiving what are the first thoughts that come to your mind? Do you think gratitude for a year’s worth of blessings? Perhaps football? Shopping? Or maybe please give me enough alcohol to get me through this day with my family? Did you know more wine is consumed on Thanksgiving in the […]
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Matchbook Wines: Igniting the Fire in Us All
Pyromania: An obsessive desire to set things on fire. Some of us are born with a fascination of fire. When my dad was a young boy growing up in the 1930’s in Alabama his fascination with fire and mischievous nature resulted in him setting a corn field on fire! I have seen videos of young […]
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