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What Are Your 99 Wines?

A friend of mine shared some wine with me one day. I do not recall what it was, only that it was a white wine, and it was, as my brother would say, “not nasty.”

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DUNE: Part Two – Which Wine Pairs with “The Spice”?

And then begins the evolution of the person who’d grow from Paul Atreides to Paul “Usul” Muad’Dib, the foretold Kwisatz Haderach.

Food Nooz

Armenia at Ada’s!

The addition of a year in oak gives the same grape more of a Malbec-esque or Syrah-like character (yeah, I know they're different, but work with me here).

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Paso Robles Travel

CWAS® – What’s That?

I'm less patient with people, and I figure that dumping a decanter of an awesome wine onto an unruly "Karen" type customer would mean an immediate end to my wine service career.

Central Coast, Paso Robles, and More!

I remember one day tasting about 65 wines. Yes. Tasting. Not drinking. And my budget died. What can I say? The wines were spectacular, and I simply had to have them!

2016 Hug Cellars Pinot Noir – The Best This Year

Now that I've sipped a glass or two of this lovely Pinot, excuse me while I get a towel and a cigarette. Yeah. It's that good.

Spirits

Celebrating National Bourbon Heritage Month – Bourbon Curious

September is, through an act of the United States Congress in 2007, National Bourbon Heritage Month. Along with wine and other regular articles, I...

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What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 4)

"Hot sake is the leftover dregs used for the Western palate. Americans will drink anything if they are convinced it is exotic."

What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 3)

There is probably a special circle of Hell reserved for vegetarians and vegans, and it is in Argentina.

What Are Your 99 Wines?

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Spit or Swallow? A Tale of Two Sexes.

As I have discussed on several occasions with friends, guys naturally learn icky stuff. Who can hock a loogie the furthest? Who can most legibly write one's name in the snow? Who can flamethrow lit flatulence the furthest?

Home & Stuff

My HGTV/Mike Holmes Season. Plus Eyeballs.

He illustrated how, given enough time, water and snow - which is glam water in my opinion - can cause even the most solid of homes to collapse. Scary thought. But I live in Vegas. What could possibly happen?