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Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 31st, 2006
TGIF! I hope everyone had a great week. The weekend is officially upon us (especially if you suscribe to the theory that Friday is just a pre-weekend day existing for you to chat with co-workers about what they have in store for the weekend, grab a long lunch, and maybe make a few calls to […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Dessert is SEXY indeed. Who doesn’t love chocolates or sweets? And who isn’t a little excited by these superb plates at the end of dinner?
This episode was amazing. From RuPaul to Mistress S to sexy plates and food served on the partner’s body - this show had it all. Tiffany’s dessert for two was […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Thursday is the new Friday, and the weather in New York and DC and around the nation is starting to look like spring. Today is a great day to enjoy a glass of wine at happy hour with your coworkers!
Mariah-Watch
Ireland Online has now jumped onto the Mariah Wine bandwagon. Today, the site published that […]
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
I get asked pretty frequently, “What’s an interesting bottle of I can get on a date?”. This is always difficult to answer for every restaurant has a different wine list, but thankfully, there is usually a genre that I recommend based on the restaurant. Just this past weekend, a friend was taking a date […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
As I re-read my posts for the day, I realize there isn’t sufficient humor in them. I’ll see what more I can come up with over the course of the day. Until then, here is the G2 in the world of wine.
And a Hint of Irony
The script is a beautiful gold calligraphy. The blend is […]
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Monday, March 27th, 2006
Happy Monday. I hope everyone enjoyed a weekend filled with first growths.
Animal Fashion Meets Wine
It has been a trend in fashion for a few seasons. Pioneered by Hermes, Brooks Brothers and other uber-preppy clothiers, the love for animal prints has spread to J Crew, Abercrombie, and others. Now, animals adorn the labels of countless […]
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Friday, March 24th, 2006
TGIF friends. Hopefully I will send you into the weekend thoroughly amused and ready to drink some wine!
Nose of Concrete and Asphalt with Hints of Hip Hop?
Drinks Business Review Online is reporting that a new line of wine is about to launch which will target the Urban consumer. It is unclear who the urban consumer […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
In case you haven’t seen today’s San Francisco Chronical (and many of you New Yorkers probably haven’t) - the super-duper luxury Screaming Eagle was sold today. Charles Banks, a money manager for elite athletes, and Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche (my native state!) purchased the winery from Jean Phillips for […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Somedays, one bottle just isn’t enough; if you want to get a little more out of life, you’ll order a second. In that spirit of excess, I thought that I would blog once again on our friend Savanna Samson. (She really isn’t our friend, but we she lives in New York, so we can […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Good Taste, Bad Guy
Boston authorities are on the trail of a wine bandit. The thief has reportedly stolen as many as 30 bottles of fine wine over the past 18 months. The total amount stolen is currently over $3,000. For the math wizards, the guy is grabbing bottles worth about $100 in […]
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