Category Archives: Moscato

A Down Under, Down Home, Get Down Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Ode To Katerina B.: To me, the weirdest thing about Australians—and they are legion—is that they speak English.  That is, if you can process words like chinwag, bodgy, dinkum and crack-a-fruity through your Funk & Wagnalls and still come up … Continue reading →

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Wines To Serve With The ‘Paleo Diet’

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

The history of dietary scamology is older than mankind; it began when the first primeval predatory invertebrate camouflaged itself to trick some doofus diatom into becoming dinner. The history—the science, really—of human dietary scamology (a.k.a. ‘fad diets’) is a bit … Continue reading →

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A Boyd In The Hand Is Worth Two Anheuser-Busch

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

If I was a chef (which I’m not, but I bet this conjecture is close to the mark) and one week I over-ordered, say, lobster, prime rib and maybe Macedonian weasel cheese, here’s what I’d do:  I’d purée them all … Continue reading →

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Moscatos and Mosquitoes: Summer In The Motor City

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

Whenever I travel this wide and wonderful land, wherever I go—from purple mountain to fruited plains, beneath spacious skies and through amber grain waves, from sea to shining sea—I tell people I’m from Detroit and the response I get is … Continue reading →

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