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A Cut Above: Grape Vine Pruning at Home Vineyard

Sorry Internet, but between three weddings and a funeral I have been a bit busy. To bide your time, share in my moment of vine-cutting trauma:

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#Beer Between #PinotNoir at #IPNC Thanks To #HeaterAllen

After half a day of blind tasting variant Pinot Noir clones, followed by all of Winter Hill Wine Estate’s reserve wines paired with a lunch, the snappy light maltfest Bohemian Pilsner from Heater Allen cools things down.   Yes, this may … Continue reading

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Coffee After a Day of #PinotNoir at the #IPNC

The best part of the International Pinot Noir Celebration must be the free Cappuccino.    Thank you Nossa Familia! 

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La Trappe Trappist Beers, New Year’s Day and Eindhoven, Holland

165 days of rampant, alcohol-filled travel across Europe’s major wine, beer, and spirit regions lands us in Holland. Our EU Austerity Drinking Tour has overwhelmed our feeble knowledge of the wide variety of drinks culture Europe offers us. Continue reading

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Thirsty Thursday: Frappato by Nanfro from Sicily 2011

Frappato!

Caramel Crunch Frappuccino

No, no, no, NO!

Not that syrupy, sticky cup of brown disappointment that suburbanites consider a meal replacement, even coffee, or worse, Italian.

No. Not Frappuccino. Frappato: the grape. Continue reading

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