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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.

What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 6) Sparkling!

I have had hundreds, perhaps, thousands of wines in my life. How do I narrow it down to just 99?

2015 Parrish Cabernet Sauvignon – A (Weeping) Review

Before I tell you about the wine, let me share a little history, sprinkled generously with my unasked-for opinions.

What Are Your 99 Wines? (Part 5)

My mom is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known. In truth, she is my former mother-in-law, but she will always be my mom.
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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.

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?

Bye Bye, Richard. We Miss You.

You know how you see or meet someone (or several someones) and you just “click” right away? Well, that’s how it was for me and my wine group one Saturday at Marché Bacchus when Dick and Jarlene visited for the first time.

I’m a Proud Wine (Glass) Snob

The first time I received a glass of wine from them, I kind of stared at it because I'd ordered PINOT. What?!? PINOT in a tumbler? It's like crying in baseball! You don't DO that!

Box Wine Snob?

Because contemporary box wines no longer come in humongous boxes filled with dreck. (Actually, "plonk" in winespeak).

One Night, Seven Wines, and the Voice of an Angel

Each wine was somehow imbued with Jay’s character. He truly loves what he does, and it shows.
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