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Trick or Treat my little friends

Posted October 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

Here in New Orleans Hal­loween gives boys and girls the chance to dress like girls and boys… And witches, dev­ils, naughty school girls and the like. Let’s not for­get the occa­sional polit­i­cal char­ac­ter.  In cos­tume of course. What other city offers tours of ceme­ter­ies? Con­tinue Reading

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WWoW:Darcie Kent, Rava’s Black Jack Vineyard, Monterey County Gruner Veltliner, 2009

Posted by on June 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

I am (admit­tedly so) a sucker for wines made with grapes grown out­side of their coun­try of ori­gin.  I am fas­ci­nated by the thought of it.  I admire the vint­ners and grow­ers that take risks on doing such and I become giddy with antic­i­pa­tion before tast­ing these wines.  The purists will scoff and turn their nose up at the very thought but some of these wines are down­right excit­ing!  Tast­ing dif­fer­ent vari­etals out of their nor­mal con­text is a great way to give you and your palate per­spec­tive and some real insight into the true char­ac­ter of that par­tic­u­lar grape.  So, in the spirit of adven­ture this week we get into a bot­tle of Dar­cie Kent Gruner Velt­liner from Mon­terey County, Cal­i­for­nia. Con­tinue Reading