Tag: food
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Make Your Weeknights Rock!
The 2015 school year has begun and with it comes a busy schedule in our house. Long days at work and school lead into nights of sports practices, PTA meetings and homework! I am sure you can relate. Whether you have grade school kids or not we all live busy lives. All this rushing around…
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Discover the Patchwork Wines of Languedoc
I dream of sitting in a café in the south of France enjoying a wonderful glass of French wine with a delicious French meal. Alas, I have not yet been to the South of France. Nestled along the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea, Languedoc – Roussillon is magical. Wild and expansive Mediterranean landscapes,…
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Relax, Sip & Savor Wedding Oak Wine
Hurry, hurry. Rush, rush. My life feels like it goes 100mph. As a freelance wine writer, wife, mother, daughter, and friend I am constantly on the move. My family keeps me crazy busy and even the blessing of writing about wine, food, travel, and music leads to a harried pace. Of course as a modern…
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Volcanic Wine: Erupting with Flavor
Imagine an explosion of epic proportions. Hot lava, rocks and gas billowing from the earth with mammoth force. The sky quickly filling with massive plumes of smoke as viscous magma oozes down the sides of the mountain engulfing everything in its path. The immediate result of the erupting volcano’s pyroclastic flows, heavy falls of ash…
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The Natural Wonders of Abruzzo
Imagine a place where nature is wild and uncontaminated. A region flanked by mountains on one side and the ocean on the other. It is lush and green in the spring, summer and fall, and covered in glistening snow in the winter. It is filled with picturesque medieval towns, castles, modern resorts and fantastic food…
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The Perfect Wine to Welcome Fall
How would you like a wine with the versatility to pair fried chicken, hot dogs, fresh fish and Traditional Thanksgiving meal; plus all things in between? A wine you can sip on the beach in a bathing suit and watching a football game in boots and a scarf? A wine that is as perfect on…
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All Hail the King: International Cabernet Sauvignon Day
What is the most famous grape varietal in the world? Arguably (Pinot Noir lovers may not agree) it is Cabernet Sauvignon. If the wine world was the animal kingdom than Cabernet Sauvignon would be the lion. It is one of the world’s most widely recognized grapes, grown in every wine producing country and universally loved.…
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Santorini: Take Me Away
Do you like to travel? I love to travel. Seeing the world and experiencing cultures different than my own is one of my greatest joys in life. Take Greece for example. Imagine sitting in a small café on a steep Caldera cliff in a tranquil Santorini town such as Fira, Imerovigli or Oia, overlooking the…
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Have a Sicilian Summer with Donnafugata Wine
How would you like to spend the remainder of your summer in Sicily? I know I would! If you are not able to hop on the next plane headed to the beautiful Italian island you are not completely out of luck. Donnafugata is bringing their wonderful Sicilian summer to you! Summers in Sicily are filled…
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Cornerstone Cellars: Constantly Improving Perfection
Cornerstone Cellars is hitting on all cylinders these days. The winery and team continues to impress with their perennially outstanding wines along with the many new wines they are adding to their portfolio. I don’t know what I have done to benefit from their dedication and hard work but they continue to bless me with…
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