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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Flavored Vodka: Commie Cocktails Come of Age
Flavored vodkas are the beverage industry’s trendiest tsunami, right? The hottest thing to hit the bar scene in years? The creation of market-savvy distillers looking for a specific niche—a tipple that ‘defines’ what it means to be young, hip and … Continue reading
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Wine Writer Sends Woodson To The Woodshed,Or Is It The Other Way Around?
What can I tell you about Charles Woodson that you don’t already know? That in 1997 he joined Tom Harmon and Desmond Howard as the third U of M player to win a Heisman Trophy, receiving more points that year … Continue reading
Posted in Cab/Merlot, CALIFORNIA
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KAVA VS. CAVA
When it comes to enjoying life’s amenities—dancing to romancing, canoodling to cuisining, beach lounging to buzz-copping—the people of the South Pacific have a whole different frame of reference. For Polynesians, kicking back and pounding a few may not refer to … Continue reading
Posted in GENERAL, Penedès
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A Bud By Any Other Name Would Smell Like Sweat
Name changes in California are as common as wildfires, killer bees and foreclosures, and most are done as savvy career moves. Hence, Archibald Leach became Cary Grant, Issur Danielovitch Demsky became Kirk Douglas, Prince became ‘The Artist Formerly Known As … Continue reading
Posted in BEER, Malbec
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Why is This Michigan Red Singing the Blues?
The red wine grape that’s proving a breath of fresh air to windswept Leelanau Peninsula has a big problem: Not only have you never heard of it, once you have heard of it, you probably can’t pronounce it, and once … Continue reading
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Beer Making: So Easy, Even a Ten-Year-Old Can Do It
Call it a disclaimer, a de-limiter, a formal liability butt-coverer, but I really don’t advocate ten-year-olds drinking anything stronger than near-beer. By which, of course, I mean nothing. Beer making? That’s a different kettle of wort. In our family, the … Continue reading
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Barefoot Fetish: Bargain bubbles from a Bustling Babe
I didn’t even realize I had a foot fetish until I met Jennifer Wall, winemaker at Barefoot Bubbly. It was a sober, professional, business-card-exchanging encounter at some tasting, and suddenly, the idea of shoeless Jen up to her kneecaps in … Continue reading
Posted in CALIFORNIA
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Barefoot Wines For A Shoestring Budget
If you are barefoot right now, it’s for one of two reasons. Either you’re an earth child who likes a sensual connection to terra firma and the return-to-roots freedom that casting off the trappings of civilization brings you, or you’re … Continue reading
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Back-To-School Wines
According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the most celebrated of the ‘Fireside Poets’ and among the first American whose works were genuinely considered to be on a par with the brilliant bards of Britain: ‘Sweet April! Many a thought … Continue reading
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Why Bomb Iraq When You Can Get Bombed on Arak?
There’s aragh, the sound you make when you skin your knee, and there’s ouzo, which is what drips from your infected skinned knee when you fail to treat it. Both are also the names of some distant cousins of arak—a … Continue reading
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