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Blog Post #69 – Wine of the Month (March)

  • Blog Post #21 – Education

    This post is a continuation of #18, where I began to break down the various wine regions of France. I will be using the same notes and reference material that I did in #18. After Burgundy, we move south to the Rhone Valley, which splits into 2 sections: Northern Rhone and Southern Rhone. These two…

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  • Blog Post #20 – Wine of the Month (January)

    The Wine of the Month for January is a Spanish Albarino, something many of you have probably never heard of. It is an excellent seafood wine, for reasons I will detail below, and goes especially well with Clinton Hannaford’s Spicy Roll Tuna Sushi (something I profiled in Post #14). This particular Albarino is from Bodega…

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  • Blog Post #19 – Food & Wine (appetizer)

    This appetizer takes a bit of preparation, but is a great one to serve for parties (8-10+) or small groups of people (as few as 3 or 4). You will need to assemble the following ingredients, all of which can be found at the Clinton Hannaford: Taste of Inspirations brie round, Pillsbury crescent rolls, Fisher…

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