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CHAPTER 4: VIVA LA … TEXAS?

Greetings and salutations!   Another hump day night finds me, with apologies to the great humor writer Dan Jenkins, doing three of my favorite things: watching sports on TV,…

Worth a Splurge Wine: A Touch of Rutherford Dust.

This month’s Splurge Wine is a long-time favorite and a beautiful example of what the lovers of the Rutherford appellation of Napa Valley call the “Rutherford Dust”: the…

Value Wine: A Consistent Winner from New Zealand

My second Value Wine for April is the refreshing Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc (2010). This beauty is a good choice to pair with seafood and vegetable dishes, but…

Worth a Splurge Wine: The Winemaker Who Beat the French.

This month’s Worth A Splurge Wine is the 2008 Grgich Hills Chardonnay. Grgich Hills was the dream of Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, a native of Croatia who emigrated to…

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