Author Archives: Kellie Stargaard

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About Kellie Stargaard

Wine blogger

New Year’s Transformation Bathroom DIY

We all know the New Year is a time for change and a time when most people set about making changes to their bodies, habits and attitudes, at least for the first couple of hours anyway. But why limit the … Continue reading

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Skinnygirl® California Red Blend –Diet Wines Don’t Make Sense

Welcome to 2015! Did you make any resolutions? This year I resolved not to make any resolutions. Each year I have 5 or so things I’d like to make happen, change, etc. Each year they never happen, leaving me to … Continue reading

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Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling Columbia Valley

Did someone put a time warp speed on Christmas? How can it be here when the last I checked it was still 15 days away. Did I sleep through a week? Anyway, it’s here. My last post I told you … Continue reading

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2013 Sea Glass Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir

I’m unbearably homesick and feeling very nostalgic this year. While walking Rooster down our deserted country road, I began thinking back on all my Christmases and I long for those from my childhood. Not the presents really but the people … Continue reading

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A DIY Christmas

For the last couple of weeks my husband has been asking me what I want for Christmas. He even went so far as to tsk, tsk me for not having anything in my Amazon Wish List. So I’ve spent the … Continue reading

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Pacific Rim Dry Riesling Columbia Valley

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere I go. Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la. Jingle bells, jingle bells. It’s Christmas, yippee! I’ve been scanning the channels for Frosty and Rudolph but I just can’t … Continue reading

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Simply… Cooking with MawMaw’s and Granny’s Cast Iron

Yesterday I read Rick Bragg’s, “Southern Journal”, at the end of the November issue of Southern Living. In this issue he was talking about his mother and her refusal to cook “on new stuff”. For some time now I’ve realized … Continue reading

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Apothic Dark

You’re alone driving in a strange down when you take a wrong turn and found yourself hopelessly lost. You turn around trying to find your way back but you get further and further away from anything. Every turn seems to … Continue reading

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Chianti Days are Upon Us

Ok, so Chianti Days isn’t really a thing but I always seem to enjoy Chianti when the temps are cooler. Maybe it’s because it lends itself so beautifully to the hearty dishes of fall and winter, maybe it’s because my wine … Continue reading

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Simply… Fresh Food Basil Compound Butter & Herb Mustard Vinaigrette

Tomorrow morning temps in NE Georgia will be in the upper 30’s. Too cold to risk keeping the basil outside any longer. I decided to replant two of the basil plants and try growing them inside over the winter. But … Continue reading

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