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Cremant d’Alsace Continues the Holiday Sparkle!
It’s true! You can maintain your holiday sparkle with an affordable and delicious Cremant d’Alsace, an alternative to the beloved (yet more-than- your- budget- may- handle Champagne). As many of you...
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Valentine’s Day Wines of Endearment
We all know what a “term of endearment” signifies (and I’m not talking about that tear-jerker of a movie from ages ago). Words such as cupcake, sweetie, pumpkin, lovey dovey, baby cakes, dollface,...
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Wine for Your Weekend – November 1-3 2013
I can’t believe that November is upon us already! Thoughts of my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, are already in the forefront of my mind and the Christmas season will arrive before we know it. But as...
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Time to Sparkle ~ My Five Favorite Bubbles of 2013
Like so many other wine bloggers, I have identified my preferred wines of 2013…yes, all over the internet are the proverbial “favorites” of wine lovers so please forgive me! I have had plenty of...
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Winter Whites ~ Always in Style
It’s January. The holiday guests have departed, you have cleaned the last of the red wine stains from New Year’s Eve and it’s time to reflect on what may come in 2014. Will there be a fantastic trip...
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Find Your Valentine’s Day Profile to Choose the Perfect Bubbles! ~
As if you need another reminder, Valentine’s Day is this Friday, February 14. If you are like most people I know, choosing wine and, in particular, the bubbly sort can be challenging – especially...
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Weekend Wine Under $20 ~ Bubbles with Bacon Popcorn – March 7-9, 2014
It’s almost Friday and you are already thinking about your weekend plans and perhaps which wines to purchase. Weekly, I post two recommendations, one white and one red, for your weekend choices which...
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#AlsaceRocks on June 26 with Crémant d’Alsace!
You can make a toast with sparkling Crémant d’Alsace at a wedding or graduation as easily as you can pop that cork (without a corkscrew!) and savor each sip at a brunch, backyard barbeque, or poolside...
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Enjoy a Sparkling *Fourth of July*
Fireworks in the sky help celebrate the independence of our country, but so does a traditional American cookout with juicy burgers on the grill, corn on the cob, potato salad, deviled eggs, and sticky...
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Dinner, Wine, Conversation: My Evening with David Adelsheim
Collaboration. This word was used frequently by David Adelsheim, President of Adelsheim Vineyard, as he addressed the scores of wine lovers at the Boarding House in Chicago. I met this intelligent,...
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Super Bowl Wine and Dine: Lucien Albrecht Crémant d’Alsace and Spicy...
Although I’m more than disappointed that my beloved Green Bay Packers aren’t in Sunday’s Super Bowl, I’m creating an action plan to help me get through and actually enjoy the football marathon. I’ve...
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Under $20 Wines: Glenora Pinot Blanc 2013 and Alanera Rosso Veronese 2012
As I talk to friends both old and new, young and “mature”, they share the same plea: help us find affordable, delicious wine. These wine lovers are like you and me. We love to sip and savor wine with...
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Why You Need to Follow the Seneca Lake Wine Trail (and why I’ll return…)
The Seneca Lake Wine Trail I have travelled many paths but until this summer, never the Seneca Lake Wine Trail where history, beauty, and award winning wines are found in the Finger Lakes region of...
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Five Wines Take a Bow to Summer’s End
It may be the first true week of autumn but I’m not ready to open too many bottles of full bodied reds quite yet. In fact, last week I, along with some like minded wine lovers, paid homage to the last...
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Can Do: On the Move with Backpack Wine
As I write this, the Chicago winter has been interrupted. A glorious 65-degree day with abundant sunshine and soft breezes is present (and more of the same is predicted throughout the week). For the...
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When Brunch is Dinner: Swiss Chard Frittata and Lieb Cellars 2015 Reserve...
“I will only enjoy brunch fare from 10am until 2pm”, said no one ever. Omelettes, eggs Benedict, French toast, and…wait for it…bacon are choices that can hold their rightful place on the plate any time...
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When Brunch is Dinner: Swiss Chard Frittata with Lieb Cellars 2015 Reserve...
“I will only enjoy brunch fare from 10am until 2pm”, said no one ever. Omelettes, eggs Benedict, French toast, and…wait for it…bacon are choices that can hold their rightful place on the plate any time...
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