Category Archives: Holiday Wines

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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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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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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Ferrari Rosé NV with Neapolitan Pizza and Veal Cutlet Recipes

Love is in the air everywhere I look around Love is in the air every sight and every sound John Paul Jones’1977 Disco hit Love is in the Air is stuck in my head. Not only for the Neapolitan Pizza … Continue reading

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2013 Christmas at Biltmore® Wine

Well here we are, Santa’s tuning up his sleigh, the reindeer have been running on the treadmill in preparation of their long night in flight and another year coming to a close. As I sit at my laptop I find … Continue reading

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Louis Jadot and Chateau Des Morgon Beajuolais

Soon the dishes will be cleared, washed, dried and put back in it place. The big game will be on the TV while family and friends sink comatose like into the couches and chairs their pants a little more snug … Continue reading

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Hardy’s Nottage Hill Shiraz and Additional Wines and Food Pairings

In just a few hours my home will be filled with the sounds of arriving out-of-towners. My in-laws are coming for a brief visit before heading across the country to spend Thanksgiving with their grand kids. This will be our … Continue reading

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Treana White Wine, Hope Family Wines

I love this time of year Christmas bells ringing, Carolers singing, and Halloween candy strung on the tree. So festive putting away my Halloween ghosts, skulls and witches and seeing Christmas decorations in yards and decorated trees in homes…(imagine record … Continue reading

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Foreplay Chardonnay Naked Winery 2011

The holiday season is barreling towards us at warp speed, just last week I saw a Christmas decorations hung in a department store. I’m not ready to go headlong into Thanksgiving and Christmas yet. I’m too busy enjoying witches, skeletons … Continue reading

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