As I am writing the snow is coming down outside the coffee shop window that I am perched behind. New York City is under a winter storm warning with accumulations of 14 inches of snowfall predicted. I am ecstatic. I love snow, I do. I love everything about it. This sentiment, I’ve learned, to my … Continue reading
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Resolutionize: Vidal Blanc Sparkling Wine
A New Year’s resolution is a secular tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as opening doors for people beginning from New Year’s Day. – Wikipedia January 1, my birthday. … Continue reading
The Simple Life: Bogle Old Vine Zinfandel
Just at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, a single lane, dirt road leads to my sister’s retreat from life in Atlanta, her cabin in the woods. It is here were she and my two beautiful nieces, six and four, escape to nature. There are no neighbors, no wifi, no tv, and no makeup. … Continue reading
Beginnings: Creekbend Noir
Indiana may be the last place one might think of when in pursuit of wine adventures, but it might, no, it IS my most favorite. You see, Indiana, no matter how far I may roam, will always be home to me. Fall, in Indiana in particular, occupies a very special, a very sacred place in … Continue reading