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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Thirsty Thursday: Il Poggione, Brunello di Montalcino, Riserva, Italy 2006
This Thirsty Thursday, Wayward Wine splurges and satisfies its Europhilia with a bottle from Italy. Box Chianti this ain’t. No, within Tuscany, within Chianti, within Brunello di Montalcino, within Il Poggione’s 309 acres, sits a single vineyard called Vigna Paganelli. These … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, il poggione, italy, Sangiovese, travel, wine
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Memorial Day Home Brew: Lite American Lager
Nothing. I say nothing is more American than pouring a glass of Lite American Lager that you made from scratch. Yes, lager may have been born in Central Europe. Yes, it was really Canada that modernized it. Yes, it killed … Continue reading
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Memorial Day: 1997 Archery Summit, Pinot Noir, Oregon
If Memorial Day is about remembrance, I can think of no better memorial to America’s dead than opening an old bottle of our own. Militant sacrifice created the world we live in. Tonight’s wine would not have existed without the world they created. So let’s turn to the past…
1997 saw my sophomore year in high school. Girls still confused me. MMMbop, Backstreet Boys, and Spice Girl pop had usurped Grunge’s musical devolution (at least we still had the Smashing Pumpkins? Bush? Foo Fighters? Come on! Anybody?). Continue reading
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Tagged Archery Summit, Hanson, Oregon, pinot noir, Sean Connery, Spice Girls, Willamette Valley
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Adios Madrid! Egyptian Temples. Royal Palaces. Fine People.
Our EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues this Monday back in Madrid. Alcohol intake remains on hold until Tracy feels better. After cultural-packed Toledo, We wake up sober in our shed on top of a deck.
It is humble but warm and cheap. Lovely crêpes wait for us in our host’s kitchen (which taste better than those in Bordeaux). It may be winter, but the sun shines, so we decide to hike the city.
Tucked in a park hides the ancient Egyptian Temple of Debod. Continue reading
Heat Wave Salve: Pine Ridge, Forefront, Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2011
This Thirsty Thursday needs to cool it. My car thermometer claimed it hit 93F today…in Oregon…in May! My black, leather seat and I are now one. We’ve already exchanged vows. Slightly worse, my family had to evacuate their home: raging fires swept through Southern California today (ok…that’s far worse).
They’re fine. But we could all use a drink.
Tonight I turn to a native Pinot Gris produced by Pine Ridge. They call this line “Forefront” (I’m sure that sounded brave during marketing meetings…”Oh, now what. we’re Californian. Hey! Let’s make Pinot Gris in Oregon! That cutting-edge sense of adventure will appeal to our Caucasian male, desk-job slave, marketing demographic of 30 to 50 year olds. Genius! Now let’s be indecisive and slap an austere, slick, yet generic label on it”). Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Forefront, Oregon, Pine Ridge, Pinot Gris, Summer wine, Willamette Valley, wine
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