March 2024
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What We Drank: V-Day 2024
When you’ve got a toddler, date nights don’t come easy. Come to think of it,m when you’ve got a toddler, most things don’t come easy. Not that we don’t love the irrepressible little tyke, but some alone adult time helps recharge the parenting batteries, right?…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for March 11, 2024
I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available…
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A Carménère Reckoning: Revisiting Chile’s Rowdy, Oft-Reviled Red
“Love child, love child, never quite as goodAfraid, ashamed, misunderstood” – The Supremes Carménère gets a bad rap. Particularly in my house, since my girlfriend despises pyrazine notes in her reds. For that alone, Chilean red wines are practically banned at our dining table (and…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for March 4, 2024
NV Albert Bichot Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Reserve (Burgundy): Earth-y, biscuit-y, and pleasingly apple fruit-y. $27 B+ 2017 Chateau Simone Palette Blanc (Provence): Bruised yellow apples, honey, and golden richness to challenge the intellect. $70 A- 2021 Domaine Labet ‘Fleur de Savagnin’ en Chalasse (Cotes…
