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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Her #WineStory Welcome Alexandria #MWWC29
For the 29th Monthly Wine Writing Challenge (#MWWC29) on the theme WineStory, I submit the WineStory of our just born baby.
My wife and I had different plans for Election Day. Those plans involved drinking Champagne. Instead, our midwife decided it was time, time to bring our baby into the world. Continue reading
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Tagged baby, birth, Champagne, chardonnay, dad, drink, duval-leroy, France, mom, parenting, pinot noir, travel, wine
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Brie Cheese Pairing Château de Meursault Meursault-Charmes 1er Cru France 2014
We itch for soft cheeses. But we hold strong and only buy two. Each is a French, triple crème cheese (I won’t go into why I can’t call them Brie, just know they are over 75% butter fat and magic). Delin’s Le Crémeux de Bourgogne and Saint Angel’s cheese. A range of wines from Champagne, Cava, to Alsatian whites all would work. Yet I don’t feel like being very creative. Continue reading
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Tagged brie, chardonnay, chateau de Meursault, Cheese, drink, Food, France, meursault, pairing, travel, wine
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Thirsty Thursday Wine Review Marco Abella, Mas Mallola, Priorat, Spain 2008
For tonight’s Halloween entertainment, we chose 1965’s The Creeping Terror:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR0sf8PfAMQ&w=560&h=315%5DJust imagine, some gaffer forgot to turn on the mic for 80% of the film. Thus, dull narration lays over scenes like a wet blanket, telling us “and then Martin said he was worried and asked to open the door, which he did”, followed by a jump cut shag carpet crawling for hours across a field. Terror.
Drinking is the only answer. Continue reading
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Tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, drink, Grenache, Marco Abella, merlot, Priorat, Red wine, Spain, travel, wine
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Wine Review: Ravines, Methode Classique Brut, Finger Lakes Sparkling Wine, New York 2006
One should drink bubbly regardless of occasion. But it is my birthday. So I root around in the cellar for a fizzy friend. Bottles of Dom Perginon and Krug tempt me. Yet thirty five does not feel that special (expensive). I turn to something interesting instead:
Ravines, Brut, Methode Classique, Finger Lakes Sparkling Wine, New York 2006 Continue reading
Making Mead From Buckwheat Honey
At some point I thought making alcohol out of honey sounded like a great idea. I enjoy mead but tire of so many sweet and simple styles. Just because honey is its source does not necessitate it become a desert drink. Why can’t mead have the gravitas of wine? Why can’t it taste dry, complex, and be a friend to food? Continue reading
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Tagged Brewing, dessert, dessert wine, drink, drinks, fermenting, Food, Honey, mead, travel, wine
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