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Posts of Interest, Wine of the Week: Umathum Blaufrankisch 2004
One of the things I find so hard these days is trying to stay on top of everyone’s writing. I get irritated when I can’t read the entire New York Times or never finish a New Yorker or my latest …...
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Scion- A Special Tasting At 11 Madison Park With Taylor Fladgate
I was lucky enough to be invited to a tasting of a series of Ports from the venerable port house, Taylor Fladgate. I wrote about the tasting on Snooth. To read what tasting history was like, click...
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Passover Wines – Changes Afoot
Today is the first day of Passover. I had my first Seder last night with my parents and my niece. We had a pretty peaceful meal with the requisite brisket, horseradish, eggs, potatoes and other yummy...
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Wine of the Week: Dashe 2009 Dry Creek Zinfandel
This Dashe 2009 Dry Creek Zinfandel made me a believer. That’s been my theme over the last two days. Yes, I believe again. I believe that Obama can win in 2012 after his State of the Union. Yes I...
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Friday How To Series: Wine Tasting With Friends: How To Organize, What To...
I’m starting a new series on this blog as I move into a new phase of my wine life, entitled “How To…”. This first post is about wine tasting and I would love to hear others opinions on this theme …...
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Upcoming Wine Events: Snooth People’s Voice Wine Awards
This is going to be a mega wine weekend of events with Snooth’s People’s Voice Awards. I am looking forward to it and will be tasting away. To purchases tickets to the event go to: Eventbrite.Filed...
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Happy Passover – Italian Kosher & Non-Kosher Wines
Happy Passover to those who celebrate this holiday. Each year I try to bring a kosher wine to the Passover Seder and in the last years, it seems to be the same Italian winery that provides my kosher...
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Wine Conundrum – What To Pair With A 15.5% ABV Wine
I participated in the Snooth Virtual Tasting last night of wines from Lodi, Ca. I have never visited Lodi and it was fun to hear how into the wines the two guys from Lodi were. It’s also always great...
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Italian Indigenous Varieties: Damaschino Bianco From Sicily
This week’s grape variety is Damaschino Bianco which hails from Sicily, specifically the area near Trapani and around Marsala. This grape may have come to Sicily during the Arab period but there are no...
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Wine of the Week: Termes 2010 from Bodega Numanthia
This week’s wine of the week comes from the DO of Toro in Spain in the province of Zamora, located in the west of the region of Castilla y León. It is from the well-known winery Numanthia. While a tad...
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Sindromo da Rientro – Back to Work
As September rolls around, I am afflicted with that not so terrible malady: il Sindromo da Rientro – back to work after the end of vacation. This year I had a short vacation on Cape Cod, a place that I...
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Chile On My Mind: Winter Travels
As the cold of January seeps into my boned, I am reminded of past holiday travels in winter time. One of my favorite trips in the last years was to Chile, a magical place in all ways. When I visited …...
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I was lucky enough to be invited to a tasting of a series of Ports from the venerable port house, Taylor Fladgate. I wrote about the tasting on Snooth. To read what tasting history was like, click...
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