WE, Paso Robles, and Damning with Faint Praise
Was it genuine respect, damning with faint praise, or was I being overly skeptical of the tone of Wine Enthusiast’s gushing press release? You tell me.
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Nailed It! My Finals Rock!
Jocularity aside, I was surprised at what I already knew, what I learned, and how I applied it in the final. I rock, frankly. And so I decided to celebrate.
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Wine and Beans – Magical?
Every now and then I decide to get all cheffy and do great stuff. This Monday night, Veterans Day (Ooorah), was one of those days.
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Honoring Our Vets – BLT Burger Salutes
BLT Burger at the Mirage will be doing something awesome for service people this coming Veterans Day, Monday, November 11
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I Love Talking About My First Time
Jocularity and minds-in-the-gutter snickering aside, I want to talk about my first time with specific types and varietals of wines and the impact that they made on my wine-loving experience.
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Pinot Noir International!
It had a distinctly candy-ish artificial taste on the palate and the finish was nonexistent. Thank goodness. I certainly didn’t want to have that lingering in my mouth!
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Part Three – Kissing Frogs, Finding Princes
When you’re studying for such a career, “likes” and “dislikes” in wine become irrelevant.
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Part Two – Wine + Me = Marriage Made in Heaven
“Oh!” said a friend of mine with whom I’d shared my decision, “you’re going to become a sommelier!” Well, maybe. It’s on the list. This is where my OCD kicks in. It’s what I call my “While I’m At It” plan.
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Readin’, Writin’ & the World of Wine – A Tale in Three Parts
This isn’t a just-for-fun extension class where friends and I gather to learn about wine in a more-or-less social setting, but a real, read-100-pages-study-till-your-eyes-bleed-stress-over- midterms-and-finals college class.
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Four Reasons Why Quadrant Rocks
You know when you taste a wine with someone and it’s so good that you lock eyes with the other person? Well, this is one of those wines.
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We’re Back and Open for Business
I wanted it to be pretty, detailed, and running. While I could be talking about my dream car, a 1959 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz Convertible in gleaming red, in this case I’m talking about the Vegas Wineaux website, of course!
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Gold Country Rose! Yum!
On the nose I detected a whiff of watermelon interspersed with strawberries and beach. Yeah, beach. Think northern California beach, early morning, breezy and cool. Just a whiff of *that.*
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The Estates – VSJ – So You Think You Can Drink!
While I walked out of VSJ without joining the club, that was by the thinnest of margins and utilizing a willpower I didn’t know I had.
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Cutthroat Kitchen – “Chopped” with Math
I didn’t think it was possible, but this show makes the great Alton Brown, a self-deprecating, incredibly gifted, and spontaneous, intelligent chef, look like a jerk. He’s become the Chuck Barris of the Foodie set.
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New Adventure & Podcasts
What I mean by “easy” is I can say more stuff than I can write. At least I can say more stuff that people may actually listen to than they will read. In theory, that is.
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Tale of the Hat and Old Wine
Alex gave me a look and said, “You lost him?!? With THAT hat?!?” And it’s been an ongoing inside chuckle ever since!
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Honing Your Wine Chops with Summer Fruits
I’ve also discovered that dried pink grapefruit peel (recipe experiment) has the fragrance of “cat pee” which I find so appealing (no pun intended) in Sauv Blanc.
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