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  1. Trick or Treat my little friends

    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?

    Posted by Lu Brow on October 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

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

    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 […]

    Posted by on June 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

  3. Girls First

    Every­one knows we love hav­ing good cock­tail even more so when it ben­e­fits a good cause. Cafe Ade­laide & the Swiz­zle Stick Bar was the venue. Girls First was the cause, a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cated to pro­vid­ing sport and move­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties to under­served girls in the met­ro­pol­i­tan New Orleans area.

    Posted by Cocktail Chicks on May 13th, 2011 | No Comments

  4. Notes on Chris…

    The Mint Julep dates back to the very early 1800’s as a med­i­c­i­nal cock­tail.  In 1820 it became a true cock­tail which spread from the South­ern states across the nation.  It stayed pop­u­lar for about 50 years and then began to slowly fade away as other drinks became known. My first taste of a cocktail […]

    Posted by Lu Brow on April 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment

  5. And They’re Off.…..!

    “Civ­i­liza­tion begins with dis­til­la­tion.”  William Faulkner Faulkner, from the very begin­ning of his career, drank while he wrote.  He claimed, “I usu­ally write at night.  I always keep my whiskey within reach.”   I con­fess, over the years I have shared this writ­ing rit­ual with him.  It has made for some very inter­est­ing con­ver­sa­tions with network […]

    Posted by on April 25th, 2011 | 7 Comments

  6. WWoW: 2009 Nachise Arizona Stronghold Vineyards

    When one thinks of Ari­zona their mind instantly con­jures up pris­tine yet rugged visions of the Grand Canyon, the saloon-door-swinging wild west or maybe even Nicholas Cage steal­ing babies from Nathan Ari­zona, but rarely does ones mind think of deli­cious, well made wines.  That is reserved for the states of Cal­i­for­nia, Ore­gon and Washington…right?  Well […]

    Posted by on April 8th, 2011 | No Comments

  7. WWoW: 2009 Tenuta Sant’Antonio, Scaia, Corvina

    One of the most reward­ing, wine-related aspects of my job is get­ting to taste a great wine that I have pre­vi­ously been unfa­mil­iar with, intro­duc­ing it to our team, who in turn intro­duce it to our guests in the restau­rant.  Enthu­si­asm is con­ta­gious and every­one enjoys try­ing a great wine!  This hap­pens far more frequently […]

    Posted by on February 26th, 2011 | No Comments

  8. A Honey Pot for your Honey for Valentine’s Day

    The begin­nings of Valentine’s Day can be traced back to Saint Valen­tine, a third cen­tury priest in Rome, who con­tin­ued to per­form mar­riage cer­e­monies in secret after they were out­lawed by Emperor Claudius II.  Once Valen­tine was dis­cov­ered Claudius had him exe­cuted.  Total Bummer…

    Posted by on February 12th, 2011 | 7 Comments

  9. WWoW: Austrian Cherry, Niederosterreich Zweigelt, 2008

    Wow, that’s a mouth­ful!  Zweigelt has come a long way from its Frankenstein-ish, hum­ble begin­nings when in the 1920’s Dr. Fritz Zweigelt (Cue light­ning bolts and screams of ‘IT’S ALIIIIIVVEEE!!!’) crossed  the grapes Blaufrank­ish and St. Lau­rent.  Zweigelt really only gained recog­ni­tion after World War II but is now the most widely planted red grape […]

    Posted by on January 26th, 2011 | 1 Comment

  10. Ninety-Nine Bottles Of Booze On The Wall

    I know, the song is about beer, but a recent trip to our local ware­house liquor store got me to think­ing.  I was bask­ing in the glow of hav­ing put a box of booze in the trunk and I thought, “I won­der how many bot­tles of booze I have on the wall.”  Well, you know, […]

    Posted by on January 19th, 2011 | 5 Comments

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