Monthly Archives: October 2014

Dressing For Digressing: Puttin’ On The Shitz

Posted on October 30, 2014 by intoxreport

Before we go further, it’s ‘fess up time.  I’m a bit of a bully.  And really, I have been a bit of a bully for my entire life.  I’m told that when I was baptized, I was nonverbally intimidating to … Continue reading →

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Charlie Edson Rings My Bel

Posted on October 29, 2014 by intoxreport

Among Leelanau’s most unique boutiques, Bel Lago is positioned right out of the chute.  For one thing, it is not in the mainstream ‘loop’ of money-shot, photo-op, rich man’s wineries up and down the coast.  For another, it doesn’t even … Continue reading →

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Bernie Rink: The Laird of Leelanau

Posted on October 16, 2014 by intoxreport

In the beginning, God created Leelanau Peninsula, and very shortly after that, Bernie Rink was born.  Today, at 88, you can find him sitting in the half-light at the entrance of Boskydel’s tasting room, exactly where a bouncer would sit … Continue reading →

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Barefoot: Fizzy Wine For Toe-Jam Barbie

Posted on October 15, 2014 by intoxreport

There’s a common misconception among you readers that being a wine writer is nothing but free chicks and playing the guitar on the MTV, but I challenge the most cynical of you to explain to me exactly how hauling a heavy case … Continue reading →

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Tony Ciccone: Papa Can Too Preach

Posted on October 7, 2014 by intoxreport

I wonder if when Tony’s kids were small, they used to say, “Papa, tell us the dead cat story again!!” Actually, you probably know at least one of Tony’s kids—pretty well, too—but  enough about that for now.  I’m of an … Continue reading →

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Getting Your Goat At Traverse City’s Baddest Bodega

Posted on October 3, 2014 by intoxreport

Long ago and far away, no circumambulation of Northern Michigan wine country was complete without a didactic pit-stop at the odd blue shop wedged between Peninsula Drive and E. Front Street. There, surrounded by a cornucopia of bottles from distant … Continue reading →

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I’m Too Good For Wine Reviews

Posted on October 1, 2014 by intoxreport

You know, sometimes, when the lights outside grow dim and the walls of my room start closing in, it occurs to me that despite having written more than two million words on wine over the years, and four hundred columns on … Continue reading →

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