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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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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.
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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:
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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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Oktoberfest Wine Review? Acolon Halbtrochen Wachtenburg Winzer, Germany
Yes, here I am at Mt Angel’s Oktoberfest, surrounded by fabulous, rare German beers, looking for wine. For over 50 years, Mt Angel has hosted 350,000 tipsy, wanna-be bavarians intent on eating, drinking, and watching weiner dogs race.
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Tagged Beer, drinks, Food, German wine, Germany, mt Angel, Oktoberfest, travel, weingarten, wine
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