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Wineries in San Diego? really? | Memoirs of a So-Cal Wine Diva…
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Memoirs of a So-Cal Wine Diva…. Sharing San Diego Life and Wine, one Sip at a Time. Olive Pressing. Old School. Facebook, not Facebook-Soapbox. →. Wineries in San Diego? July 7, 2011. There’s this point in just about every conversation I have regarding wine in this town, where someone inadvertently blurts out that question that usually makes me take pause for a moment while I sip my Syrah and contemplate the most effective answer. 8220;There are wineries in San Diego? So after many a wide-eyed response of.
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The fascinating history of green manure in Italy (sovescio) | Do Bianchi
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Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia. The fascinating history of green manure in Italy (sovescio). February 19, 2015. An organic Prosecco producer). Every time I fall down a rabbit hole like this one, I am reminded of a famous aphorism by the twentieth-century Austrian essayist Karl Kraus. 8220;The closer you look at a word,” he wrote, “the more distantly it looks back” (see this note on a word’s “aura”. Wrote me suggesting that I add an entry for. To my Italian Wine Glossary. And its...
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de rebus californicis | Do Bianchi
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Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia. Category Archives: de rebus californicis. Goodbye California (a poem). August 22, 2016. Goodbye California, goodbye beach, goodbye pool. Goodbye fish tacos, goodbye nigiri and sashimi, too. Goodbye ocean, goodbye seal, seagull, and pelican. Goodbye to some of our favorite things American. Thank you San Diego, La Jolla, and thank you sweet friends. Thanks for a week of paradise we wished would never end. Bless you daughters and bless you wife.
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The sad truth about Italian wine (and a few wines I loved in Mexico City) | Do Bianchi
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Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia. The sad truth about Italian wine (and a few wines I loved in Mexico City). April 30, 2015. Above: I really loved the Bibbiano entry-tier Chianti Classico, which I tasted for the first time at the Gambero Rosso Road Show tasting in Mexico City. This is my kind of Chianti… superbly grown Sangiovese with a touch of Colorino, vinified in cement. Utterly delicious. In his unforgettable poem “Il PCI ai giovani”. Originally from Abruzzo, he has an import...
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PLAVINA OF SIBENIK, SPAWN OF TRIBIDRAG AND VERDECA | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. November 26, 2014. PLAVINA OF SIBENIK, SPAWN OF TRIBIDRAG AND VERDECA. The lineage of demons? I paired this lovely little Dalmatian red with a first course of lentil soup flavored with veggies, marjoram, savory bay leaf and paprika, followed by Croatian-style sausages pan-fried with onions with ajvar sauce and roasted potatoes on the side. Ivica Pilizota Winery North Dalmatian Coast Plavina 2013. A WINE FROM THE LAND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
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October | 2014 | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. Archive for October, 2014. UNCOMMON WINES FROM VERY SMALL PACKAGES: THE STORY OF LIGURIAN WINE. On October 29, 2014. MAY I TAKE YOUR COAT, SIGNOR AGLIANICO? On October 24, 2014. COSTE DELLA SESIA: ALTO PIEMONTE’S WINE OF THE PEOPLE. On October 21, 2014. ANSONICA PLAYS THE NAME GAME (IN ITALIAN OF COURSE). On October 17, 2014. A GREAT WHITE FROM GEORGIA. On October 14, 2014. MENU PINOT NOT ON THE LIST HARDLY ANYWHERE, AND NO RELATION, BY THE WAY.
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August | 2014 | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. Archive for August, 2014. On August 30, 2014. ALBILLA FAN FOR LIFE. On August 27, 2014. COMING FROM SOME FUNNY PLACES. On August 22, 2014. IN AUSTRIA, GRUNER VELTLINER IS “NUMMER EINS”. On August 19, 2014. GETTING BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FRIEND (IN GALICIA). On August 13, 2014. RED MINERVOIS: A BIG WINE FROM A BIG REGION. On August 9, 2014. On August 5, 2014. JACQUERE: THE CHEEKIEST WHITE FROM ALPINE FRANCE. On August 1, 2014.
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A CONTEMPORARY FANTASY BLEND FROM THE ANCIENT SLOPES OF ETNA | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. November 7, 2014. A CONTEMPORARY FANTASY BLEND FROM THE ANCIENT SLOPES OF ETNA. In essence what I’m stumping for here is either a strict adherence to tradition or a unwavering pursuit of innovation, and the avoidance at all costs of making some other region’s traditional wine in some random place. Without putting too fine a point on it, what is the ultimate meaning of a classic Bordeaux blend from Chile? Laquo; A VERY FINE WHITE COTES-DU-RHONE.
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May | 2014 | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. Archive for May, 2014. CAVA – THE BEST BARGAIN IN BUBBLY. On May 29, 2014. WHERE BEAUJOLAIS ACCEDES TO BURGUNDY: MORGON COTE DU PY. On May 26, 2014. 8211; THE PLEASURES OF UN-AGED RIOJA. On May 21, 2014. BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER IN THE JURA. On May 18, 2014. BANDOL: THE BEST ROSE` THERE IS? On May 14, 2014. OREGON PINOT GRIS – FOR THIS WINO, IT’S THE TOPS. On May 10, 2014. MADIRAN: A BALANCE ACHIEVED IN TWO LOBES. On May 7, 2014. On May 4, 2014.
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September | 2014 | EXALTED RATIONS
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Lyrics and inquiries on eating and drinking well every day. Archive for September, 2014. PRETTY GIRLS (BUT MOSTLY SOME FUNNY-LOOKING MEN) MAKE GRAVES. On September 28, 2014. SOMLOI JUHFARK IT’S NOT A SWEAR, IT’S NOT A SLUR, IT’S A HUNGARIAN WHITE WINE. On September 25, 2014. On September 21, 2014. CIRO` – A WINE FOR HEROS AND CHAMPIONS. On September 18, 2014. BAGA: A PORTUGUESE CHAMPION (THAT CAN BE A DUD). On September 12, 2014. VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO THE ONCE (AND FUTURE? KING OF TUSCAN WHITES.
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