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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Thanksgiving Recipe: 1998 Aligote and Pumpkin Ravioli Pierre Morey Burgundy France
So we cook dinner most nights. We also drink wine. Sometimes, we manage to do both simultaneously. And sometimes we don’t regret it. Why not share our marginally passable pairings with you, the internet?
This Fall, we grew a sea of pie pumpkins. Last week our squash went into a beer (read here). This week, we work pumpkins into a cozy cream sauce with squash ravioli.
Ingredients: Continue reading
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In Bruges 2: Many Many Beers: Delirium tremens, De Halve Maan
Wayward Wine will soon cease its waywardness. I promise. For months now this wine blog has chatted about German, Dutch, and Belgian beer. Why? Basically because we we toured the cold north where beer reigns. Next Monday, we will return France and surround ourselves in wine. But Bruges is our last stop in Belgium. Last Monday we explored its sights and sounds and barely survived the countless geese (read post here). Continue reading
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Tagged balgian beer, Beer, Belgium, Bruges, De Halve Maan, Delirium tremens, Geese, in bruges, Mort Subite, Timmermans, travel, wine
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Fresh Hop Butternut Saison Belgian Beer
Today, around 6:30 pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, Oregon, my wife and I will release a beer. But not just any beer. Our beer. Our take on a Belgian Saison, which coincidentally occurs while Wayward Wine reminisces on our EU Austerity Drinking Tour in Belgium (read recent post on Bruges: here). But there is a twist. Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Brewing, butternet squash, fall beer, green dragon, Portland
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In Bruges 1: Beer, Geese, Religion, and Beer Belgium
I hate cobbles. I do not care how adorable, quaint, or photogenic they appear. Cobbles are muffins of the devil, sent to drive every wheeled piece of luggage straight to hell.
So it goes in Bruges. We slush through snow, trying in vain to find our hostel. We have no time to look at anything, only which rut will eat our wheels next.
Get a taxi, you say. Well, this is an EU Austerity Drinking Tour. 179 days of travel add up. Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Belgium, Bruges, Carrefour, drink, Food, Geese, Monasteries, tourism, travel
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Halloween Wine: Barossa Valley Estate Shiraz Australia 2013
We all need ammunition this Halloween to defend our doorstep from the endless delinquent denizen hordes descending upon us. No food pairings. No nonsense. Just a solid Shiraz from Barossa Valley Estate. Happy Halloween!
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