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It’s locals that are key to travels
This is my entry in the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge 12. For more info go to the challenge’s blog! Being challenged to get out of my writing hiatus by no lesser than Anatoli and Jeff, encouraged by...
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An evening at The Ravens Club in Ann Arbor
The Ravens Club is a bar in downtown Ann Arbor, right on the most important restaurant road in Ann Arbor, Main Street. I’ve been there once or twice, but my main memory is from right after I moved to...
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#MWWC14: Traditions, oh, traditions…
My Canadian buddy Bill of Duff’s Wines won the last monthly wine writing challenge and chose “Tradition” as his topic of choice. And since there’s some nudging going on here and on Twitter, and since...
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Villa Bellangelo – Finger Lakes Riesling and Chardonnay with a cool surprise
A while back, I saw my buddy Anatoli’s stellar and raving review of Villa Bellangelo‘s Rieslings, which he stated had finally converted him to Finger Lakes Riesling. Naturally, this triggered my...
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Feuerzangenbowle and how to make your own Zuckerhut
I’ve written about the German winter tradition Feuerzangenbowle (aka “fire tongue punch”) before. In my post last year, I explained (eerily familiar these days when you look at the East Coast): “Yet...
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Sunday Read: Trends in the US Wine Industry for 2015
I am clearly having more time again, and I relish being able to read through blog posts again. It’s inspiring, and I have missed being able to do so over the last couple of months. Given that, it’s...
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A little place of serenity outside of Napa: Ladera Vineyards
End of January, Nina and I spent a week in California. I'll readily admit it was a nice break from the Michigan winter. We'd both never been to either Napa or Sonoma, so we decided it was time. Me...
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“Wine hiking” is a thing in my home region…
We’re currently in Piemonte, enjoying the region for our first time ever. More on that in another post. Before we came here, we spent five days with my family in Nackenheim, a village just south of...
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Meeting the Vintners: Ezio Cerruti, Castiglione Tinella in Piemonte, Italy
While we’re currently in Piemonte, this winery and winemaker profile begins in August 2014 at the Mosel: Nina and I were on our way back to Mainz from a week spent in Burgundy with my high school host...
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Great news from the Saar river
Working vineyards along the Mosel as well as its two contribuaries Ruwer and Saar is hard work. The vineyards are often steep, as in very steep, the resulting wines are still insanely undervalued on...
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