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Blog Post #51 – Wine of the Month (August)

  • Blog Post #30 – Food & Wine (appetizer)

    As promised, I’m writing about my favorite March Madness basketball snack, which just happens to be chips & salsa. Normally, I would drink beer (Guinness, I’m Irish) while jumping from game to game, looking for one that’s NOT a blow out. But I figured, why not try wine and see how that works. As it…

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  • Blog Post #29 – Wine of the Month (March)

    For the month of March, my Wine of the Month choice is Beringer’s Cabernet Sauvignon. It is my personal favorite Napa Cab and competes on par (in my opinion) with Napa Cabs that cost 2X as much. Ever since Joseph Beringer settled in the valley in 1875, the family has continuously made wine longer than…

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  • Blog Post #28 – Education

    This is the second of three posts I am doing about Italy. In the first, I covered the Northern wine regions. In this one, I will cover the central wine regions using my notes and the 2 encyclopedic references WAoW & OCtW. “The heart and perhaps the soul of Italy lie in this central, slightly…

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