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Old Vegas, the Trop, UnWine, and Me – Redux & Rant

I missed the closing day of the Tropicana and am still wondering what the heck was I thinking.

What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 8)

One of the best parts of French Laundry is that you are not rushed.

A (Very) Short Treatise on Kosher Wines

Back when I was at legal-ish drinking age, a couple of girlfriends and I would meet in one of our basements and bring our bottles of Manischewitz to drink.

What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 7)

I do not know which I have enjoyed more, the wines or the people I shared them with. They will forever be intertwined.

Group Tasting Without a Group

With any of the primary wine award organizations, one of the major requirements is knowing how to blind taste.
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What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 2)

“I drink Champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad.  Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it...

2024 Black History Month Wine – Speak & Sip!

For most of us who were raised in traditional black neighborhoods, wine was not a part of the culture. At least, not wine made with grapes.

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.”

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.

SOMM 4: Cup of Salvation – My Observations

We don’t have to worry about putting on flak jackets just in case we get shot at because we’re buying grapes. GRAPES!

Desparada! Recovering from Working Elections…

Anyway, the first two days after the last of the presidential primary saw me catching up on much-needed sleep. I tried to have a glass of Syrah on the first evening but ended up wearing it when I dozed off in my recliner.
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