Tag: spring
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A Night Under the Stars
This spring in North Texas meant rain: lots and lots of rain. The only thing shocking about all the rain we received was the news explaining it was our 8th wettest spring on record. Eighth?! How could that be? It rained what felt like every day from the beginning of April through May. Good news…
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Celebrating the Sun with Paul Mas Rosé
We have had so much rain in North Texas this spring! In less than a month’s time a five year drought has ended and the Army Corp of Engineers began opening up flood gates in area lakes. We have had wicked thunderstorms that have unfortunately brought with them hail, flash floods and tornadoes in addition…
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Spring Showers Bring Flowers and Pinot Noir
April in North Texas brought a tremendous amount of rain. In forty years it was the wettest April in memory and one of the coolest. Though some of the rain came in the Texas size thunderstorms with tornadoes, hail and lightening causing property damage for some, the rain itself was extremely beneficial leading to much…
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How About Napa’s Summer In Your Glass?
We recently hosted a dinner party with some of my new wine friends I met through social media. I met some of them in person last summer at TexSom and others through lunches or at my house. We are a fun group of wine lovers! One of our founding members, Terry of Texas Wineaux, named…
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Soufflés and Wine: A Night at Rise nº1
French wine and soufflé, what could be better on a rainy, cool spring night. My husband and I recently dined at a Dallas restaurant called Rise nº1 Salon De Souffle. Rise nº1 is a French soufflé and wine bar. Walking into Rise nº1 feels like walking into the middle of a tree from a children’s story. It…
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Welcoming Spring and the Beauty of Rosé
Spring is here! Flowers blooming, sun shining, cool breeze in mild temperatures; at least between the Texas size thunderstorms! While my daughter was home from college for spring break a few weeks ago I was just getting over being sick for a couple of weeks and was determined to enjoy spring with a lovely spring…
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Spring Sippin with Breaux Vineyards
It’s time once again for March’s edition of Virginia Wine Chat. This #VAWinechat took us to Purcellville in Loudon County Virginia and Breaux Vineyards. This month our host Frank Morgan of Drink What YOU Like was joined by Breaux’s winemaker Heather Munden and Jennifer Breaux Blosser, the general manager at Breaux. If you would like…
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Welcoming Spring with #WinePW
Welcome to April’s edition of Wine Pairing Weekend, where we have sought out great wines to pair with vibrant spring vegetables. Our April challenge to pair wine with spring vegetables and meals is courtesy of A Day in the Life on the Farm; Wine Pairing Weekend is the brain child of Cooking Chat. There are…
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Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Festival
April 9-11 | Charlottesville, VA Three days of celebrating the best of Central Virginia Wines Tickets on sale now! As spring approaches wine festivals are blooming all over the US. As you know I am a huge fan of Virginia wines! I have had the pleasure of enjoying wines from four wineries on the Monticello Wine…
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March Madness / Wine Madness
I love March Madness. To me March Madness means spring, fun, and great college basketball. Over the years I have twice won office pools with my brackets. Back in the days of the O’Bannon brothers at UCLA my winning bracket brought me enough dough to put new tires on my car! Some special highlights of this…
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