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Blog Post #67 – Food & Wine: Restaurant (main course)

  • 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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  • Blog Post #34 – Wine of the Month (April)

    For the month of April, my Wine of the Month is Argentinian Malbec, specifically LLama from Belasco de Baquedano, (Lujan de Cuyo) Mendoza 2019, which I bought at Clinton Wine & Spirits at the high end of Billy’s price range. There are several other excellent Malbecs to be had, some of which I will discuss…

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