tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133768212011-04-21T21:47:51.925-07:00A blog about various and sundry wine-related topics.Roxy Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03734129463383491663noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13376821.post-1139172520380108252006-02-05T09:13:00.000-08:002006-02-06T18:33:05.510-08:00

In today's entry, I'd like to brooch the touchy subject of tipping on wine service. Please everyone, don't stampede the exits. I just want to expound upon a couple of obvious points. Well, I say obvious, but perhaps it's not so very to someone who has never worked in the restaurant industry. It's essential in life to look at all things from the other persons shoes, even if they're not your

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A few years ago, (more than I'd like to admit) my parents and their good friends (my godparents) shared a scandalous secret with me. They admitted to having drunk Mateus in their young years together. What's worse is they laughed about how they thought they had moved up in the world of wine connoisseurs when they switched from Mateus to Lancers! Don't ask me. Maybe it was more expensive. Of

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The vineyard at Madison VineyardsEstate Winery and Bed & BreakfastI have recently had the good fortune of being introduced to a local southern Indiana winery called Turtle Run, which is located in Corydon, IN, just 25 minutes from downtown Louisville. Knowing my interest in wine and local producers, my friends decided to take me there as something different to do on a Sunday afternoon. This has,

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images from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/NRES/faculty/Skirvin/cfar/winecult.htmWell, hello again fellow oenophiles. It's been sometime since I last wrote, but I won't bore you with overdue pleasantries and will instead get right down to business. I have been relocated due to Hurricane Katrina and now reside in the beautiful Bluegrass state of Kentucky.

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Tonight I want to share with you some of my favorite wine-related websites, many of which I have recently found while working on this web-log. Some are informative, some are funny, some serious, and some light-hearted. Each offer some good advice, one way or another. So, fill up the jelly jar glass with your favorite vino, kick back and enjoy the "sites".To start things off, Eric Anderson does a

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"Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration." (I know you all know the number one, most requested wedding song of the century, so I'm not even going to ask- it's Kool and the Gang) Today is July 4th, our country's Independance Day, and in light of all the celebrating, I've decided to share a few recipes to try out at your backyard barbecues and fireworks parties. I have only included

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"Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster." Do you know it? Anybody? Anyone? It's the opening narration from... The Six Million Dollar Man! What's the connection to wine? I was hoping you'd ask

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There is cause for celebration and frustration for small "family" wineries in the U.S. Of late, there has been a lot of activity in the U.S. Supreme Courts and certain State Courts regarding the 21st Amendment and direct shipping laws for out-of-state wineries. Some results have been promising to down right good, while others have taken steps in the opposite direction. "So what," you may ask, "

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Well folks, summer is definitely upon us. There's no turning back now. We must forge ahead and endure as best we can. And if I may be of some assistance, I'd like to offer a suggestion that may make those 90 degree days slide by a little easier. (Or go by in a blur, if you're not careful.) Put down those buttery Chardonnays and citrusy Sauvignon Blancs. Forget about the Pinot Grigios for a moment

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Does wine label lingo leave you scratching your head? It's bad enough when we can't read the language, but what about all that mumbo jumbo on those California bottles? Don't let it get you down. Wine makers do have a language all their own, but it's one of the easiest romance languages to learn. And you don't have to learn French or Italian or German or Spanish or... well you get the idea. You

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It doesn't happen often, but every now and then one has the misfortune of opening a corked bottle of wine. "What's this?", you ask. "Something smells funky. Could it be my date?" Slow down Romeo, your wine is corked. Which could also mean your goose is cooked, if you don't know how to handle the situation. "Corked" is a term used to describe wine that has been affected by a faulty cork. It is

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Hey, does anyone remember Don Ho? I'm dating myself by even asking this, but anyway, he's a performer from Hawaii and had a T.V. show in the 70's. Why am I asking you this? Because he was famous for a song called "Tiny Bubbles". It went something like this... "Tiny bubbles in my wine, make me happy, make me feel fine." Well, I never said it was genius material, but it is appropos, because my

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The topic of discussion for this blog is locally produced wines. I thought of it this weekend as I was out in the hot sun picking blueberries at my favorite organic farm. I tell you, it doesn't get any better than this. This is my second year of blueberry picking and fortunately, my friend and I have delevoped some pretty amazing techniques for gathering the biggest and the best (and the most).

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Hello present and future wine drinkers. I want everyone to repeat after me... "Wine is fun, not scary. Wine is fun, not scary." Now, keep saying that as you read the following:Most people these days seem to have picked up just enough tips on proper wine service to muddle their way through all the pomp and circumstance. And frankly, as a server at a full service dining establishment, these are the

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