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Ohmygod–Part 17: Lighting a Cigar. What Could Go Wrong?
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up: The (Mostly) Bubbles Edition
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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Friday Rant: Wine Storage
Today, I am back in Philadelphia for the return of the big bike race. Yes, the Philadelphia Cycling Classic is back after a ten-year absence and I could not miss it. For years I was, in a sense, the “voice” … Continue reading →
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Some Good News!
Since I started this little blog over an eighth of a century ago (can you tell I was a math minor in college?), I have tried to maintain several “standards”. First, and perhaps most importantly, I try not to take … Continue reading →
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Ohmygod–Part 16: Wait. I did What?
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up (The “Buy Them by the Case” Edition)
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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Sundays Are For Sebastian #421
Sebastian is our seventeen-year-old son, and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people. We were in a restaurant watching the World Cup. I … Continue reading →
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Friday Rant: Yeah, But What About Frozen Tomato Wine?
It has been about a month since my last Friday Rant, otherwise known as “Wine Writing is Going to the Crapper”. Or something like that. I try to scour the interwebs on a regular basis for interesting articles about wine … Continue reading →
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Musgo Wednesday: Wine for the Giro d’Italia, Barolo and Piedmont
“The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.” –Thomas Jefferson The concept was rather straightforward, but as with most projects in life, it was the execution (or lack thereof) that was the key and, well, … Continue reading →
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Ohmygod–Part 15: Dinner Conversation. With Ohmygod.
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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Sundays Are For Sebastian Revisited (#70)
I am in Livermore, California, and as I sometimes do while traveling, I revisit a Sundays Are For Sebastian. This comes from almost exactly twelve years ago when Seba was five. Sebastian is my five-year old and he says some … Continue reading →
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Rounding Up the Cattleya (Part 2)
There are not many days that go by that I don’t consider myself pretty darned lucky. Over the past fourteen plus years, I have travelled to some spectacular places, met some incredible people, and tasted thousands of wonderful wines. While … Continue reading →
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Musgo Wednesday: Wine for the Giro d’Italia, Northern Italy
“The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.” –Thomas Jefferson The concept was rather straightforward, but as with most projects in life, it was the execution (or lack thereof) that was the key and, well, … Continue reading →
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Ohmygod–Part 14: Ohmygod, where is he?
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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Sundays Are For Sebastian Revisited (#27)
I am in Healdsburg, California, and as I sometimes do while traveling, I revisit a Sundays Are For Sebastian. This comes from about thirteen years ago when Seba was five. Several months ago, I started a new weekly theme: Sundays Are … Continue reading →
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Rounding up the Cattleya
There are not many days that go by that I don’t consider myself pretty darned lucky. Over the past fourteen plus years, I have travelled to some spectacular places, met some incredible people, and tasted thousands of wonderful wines. While … Continue reading →
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Musgo Wednesday: Patz & Hall Winery (Part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, I started this “Musgo Wednesday” theme. The concept came from our family “rule” that we try to clean out the fridge of any remaining leftovers–they “must go”. The goal was to carry this over to … Continue reading →
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Ohmygod–Part 13 Wine Tasting with the “Legend”
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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The Random Samples—7/31/2026
It is time for another edition of “Random Samples”–I occasionally get samples from marketing agencies and/or producers. These can often be grouped together into some sort of overarching theme: Muret-Gaston is French for Old Friends (not really, but it should … Continue reading →
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Musgo Wednesday: Wine for the Giro d’Italia from Molise
“The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.” –Thomas Jefferson The concept was rather straightforward, but as with most projects in life, it was the execution (or lack thereof) that was the key and, well, … Continue reading →
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Ohmygod–Part 12 A Mystery Solved
OK, I really mean it this time… For those long-term readers of this blog, you are no doubt familiar with Ohmygod, a client that I had for three weeks of bike trips in Europe. I started recounting this story way … Continue reading →