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Winey Tasting Notes: Cooking and Sipping with Blackstone Chardonnay

There are many things you have to choose sides on in this life: dogs or cats, Coke or Pepsi, Yankees or Mets (I grew up a Yankee fan, as proclaimed by my father the day I was born) and cooking or baking. According to me, there is a big difference between cooking and baking. When…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Classing Up Turkey Burgers With a Little Black Dress (Merlot)

Both of my children went through their food obsession stages. At one point we thought our daughter would actually just turn into a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. Or a bottle of apple juice. Our now 6 foot 3 inch son didn’t obsess over one food – for him, it was an entire restaurant:…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Classing Up Turkey Burgers With a Little Black Dress (Merlot)

Both of my children went through their food obsession stages. At one point we thought our daughter would actually just turn into a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. Or a bottle of apple juice. Our now 6 foot 3 inch son didn’t obsess over one food – for him, it was an entire restaurant:…

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Winey Tasting Notes: I Made Friends With the Discontinued Shelf for “Open That Bottle Night”

As if I needed someone to tell me to open a bottle. But the idea is a good one. Because at one time or another, we’ve all gotten a bottle of wine and decided to save it for a special occasion. It could be that you got it on vacation and wanted to revisit the memory…

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Winey Tasting Notes: I Made Friends With the Discontinued Shelf for “Open That Bottle Night”

As if I needed someone to tell me to open a bottle. But the idea is a good one. Because at one time or another, we’ve all gotten a bottle of wine and decided to save it for a special occasion. It could be that you got it on vacation and wanted to revisit the memory…

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Winey Tasting Notes: I Made Friends With the Discontinued Shelf for “Open That Bottle Night”

As if I needed someone to tell me to open a bottle. But the idea is a good one. Because at one time or another, we’ve all gotten a bottle of wine and decided to save it for a special occasion. It could be that you got it on vacation and wanted to revisit the memory…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Invited A Little Mad Housewife (Chardonnay) To Our Super Bowl Party!

I am somewhat embellishing the idea of a Super Bowl “party” in the title of this blog. The party at our house consisted of one rather cranky high school sophomore who had 4 tests the next day, one very tired Hubby (tired because he actually went out on his yearly “I need new clothes and…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Invited A Little Mad Housewife (Chardonnay) To Our Super Bowl Party!

I am somewhat embellishing the idea of a Super Bowl “party” in the title of this blog. The party at our house consisted of one rather cranky high school sophomore who had 4 tests the next day, one very tired Hubby (tired because he actually went out on his yearly “I need new clothes and…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Invited A Little Mad Housewife (Chardonnay) To Our Super Bowl Party!

I am somewhat embellishing the idea of a Super Bowl “party” in the title of this blog. The party at our house consisted of one rather cranky high school sophomore who had 4 tests the next day, one very tired Hubby (tired because he actually went out on his yearly “I need new clothes and…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Trying To Get Happy With 2009 Project Happiness Chardonnay

It was a tough assignment for any wine, I’ll fully admit that. Here’s how it started: January. Northeast Ohio. Those of you from this area will need no further explanation. For you foreigners, imagine if you will the color gray. Gray skies. Gray slush. Gray trees. Gray air. Gray hairs (oh, wait, that’s another issue…but…