Last time I posted, I was dissecting frogs – that is, I was analyzing wine “frogs” I bought in the state liquor store in the hope I’d find a few princes. Of the three wines I tasted for my previous post, two were keepers. Now onto the three remaining bottles in my wine rack. As […]
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I’ve been at it again – kissing frogs in the state store. A metaphor, of course, for buying a variety of wine in the hope of discovering new ones to love. Even when I do find a prince, I will continue to search for more. This is wine, after all! Shopping the state store system
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Like a lot of women I know, I belong to a book club. Our families chide our circle of five avid readers for liking our wine as much as our books. Truth is, we appreciate both. Why not? Ours is a relaxed and loosely structured group. At our monthly get-togethers (we try to meet monthly),
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Wine transports me – not only because it is such a sensory delight, but also because wine sends me searching for its source. When I’m in the company of a pleasurable wine, I want to ask it probing questions as I would a new-found friend. Where are you from? What’s it like there? For a
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A cold February morning brought a lucky 13 of us to a friend’s farm Feb. 14 for a Wine 101 class. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with wine at 10 in the morning, right? As typically happens in any new setting, it took a while for everyone to get settled and for
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