Duane's Wine Blog

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Blog Post #55 – Wine of the Month (September)

  • Blog Post #37 – Food & Wine (general)

    In this post, I will cover the food & wine pairing concept in a broader sense than I usually do. All of the information presented here comes from both my NWS notes and my 30+ years experience with wine. As I have mentioned before, wine should be paired with the “main protein”, either for the…

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  • Blog Post #36 – Education

    In this post, I will dive into another wine producing country. As usual, I will be using my notes and two encyclopedic reference books (WAoW & OCtW). After covering the US, France, and Italy, Spain would have to come next. As the 3rd largest producer of wine (after Italy & France), Spain has the most…

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  • Blog Post #35 – Food & Wine (appetizer/ dessert)

    This post could be either an appetizer, dessert, or just a snack. It is chocolate and wine! Now, I’m not a chocoholic, but I’m married to one; so I understand how important it is to those of you who are “hooked” on chocolate. Wine does actually pair well with chocolate. In fact, I recently did…

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