wine review
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Date Night Winners (and Losers)
Last week, I had the (relatively rare) treat of a double-date night with our groovy neighbors. Since this excursion into the (now strangely fascinating) world of conversation that doesn’t involve Elmo took place at a fabulous BYOB joint in (a recently revitalized and restaurant-friendly) downtown…
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Tasting A Legend: Going to Head-to-Head with Haut-Brion 1929
“A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson had it right about special wines being eminently memorable, though he forgot to add the part about how wine tasting, like a hot date, owes so…
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A Tale of Three Oh-Fives
As in, three 2005s, or 3 different wines all from the 2005 vintage. Other than their harvest year, they’ve got little in common apart from the fact that I tasted all three as samples over the last week or so, and in a rare case…
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Wine and Music: The Latin Party With Italian Wine Edition (Giveaway!)
Alright folks – time for another giveaway, this week featuring a brand new release from leading World Music label Putumayo. The new CD, titled Latin Party, is a funky, dance-infused, eclectic mix of tunes from Latin American artists, and features bands hailing from Cuba, the…
