Monthly Archives: January 2010

Aging Wines- Dom and the Somm, A Wine Podcast With Terence Hughes of Domenico Selections

It has been a very long time coming but here is a podcast that I did late last year with Terence Hughes of Domenico Selections on aging wines Dom and the som Sorry Terry that it has taken me so … Continue reading

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Raise A Glass To Authors & Historians, Tasting With the Big Guns

I have been accused of being somewhat morbid I’ll admit. It’s the newshound in me that constantly searches for information and reads everything. I read the obituaries all the time. Today’s news brought with it sad tidings of the loss … Continue reading

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Is Wine By The Glass The Best Option? Not Always Clear What Is In The Glass

I often order wines by the glass when I go out. Why? Certainly you pay more than you should for a wine by the glass, likely the entire cost of the bottle to the restaurant or even more than the … Continue reading

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Haiti, Wordsworth, Donate What You Can

This is a wine blog but I don’t feel like writing about wine today but rather urging people to donate whatever little or a lot of money that they can to the disaster relief in Haiti. I bear watching the … Continue reading

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South African Wines – An Area To Watch

South Africa has been on my mind a lot over the course of the past few months. At the Society of Wine Educator’s conference this summer, Wines of South Africa did a big promotion for the organization and I was … Continue reading

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Italian Indigenous Varieties: Barbera- A New Friend

I used to be a Barbera snob. I wouldn’t drink it. I thought it was too acidic without being serious. Many people I know in Italy still feel this way about Barbera. Luckily I realized the error of my ways … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolutions & Lots of Great Wine

I love making New Year’s resolutions. Some I stick to and some I don’t but I always like the clean slate feeling that it gives me to start the year with goals and objectives. I always have too many but … Continue reading

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