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Drink This; Luzon, Petit Verdot
Don’t ask me to tell you about myself. Do you know why I say that? Because you know exactly what you want from me. You KNOW what your are going to get before I answer the question. And, I don’t even know how to answer that question. Do you want the run down of my…
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Drink This: Provenance Vineyards
Quite often, at a wine tasting, a consumer will ask me what my favorite wine on the table is. I never have a good answer for this mainly because I see wine differently than you do. The bottle has been researched, studied, atheistically torn apart, put back together with a pretty marketing bow, and sold…
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Drink This: Stop the Beringer Hate
Mood, history and feelings. Most of what leads us into our situations. Wine is no different. What kicks off in your brain when I say Beringer Vineyards? I’ll tell you- white zinfandel. You see yourself perched in front of that huge glass door (cold box) in a wine shop wondering what jug you will choose. It’s…
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Drink This! We may get a little pricey…
Now that I have your attention, let’s just dive in head first. You don’t always need to spend a stupid amount of money getting good wine. I just watched a good friend get ripped off from a “sale” on a 2011 California Merlot from a C class vineyard. This friend had every good intention when…
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Drink This! Locations Series from Orin Swift Cellars, “Corse”, Vermentino
The best ideas come at breakfast. The best ideas also come from teachers of very little people. Maybe it is because they need to twist ideas into a simple form, making sense to a young mind, or maybe it is that my mind grabs on to what they are saying; not sure. Over pancakes, Jackie, friend…