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Mark Ryan Water Witch Red Mountain Red Wine 2015
Mark Ryan Water Witch Red Mountain Red Wine 2015On one of our last nights at home before taking an extended road trip, Linda prepared grilled filets of beef with pasta and a hearty red sauce with...
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Kistler Sonoma Mtn Chardonnay at Cotton Row Huntsville
Kistler Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay at Cotton Row Restaurant HuntsvilleEnroute to our favorite getaway at The Cove, Destin, Florida vacation rental home, we stopped in Madison/Huntsville, AL to visit an...
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Master Sommelier curated winelist at Auburn U Culinary School Restaurant
Master Sommelier Thomas Price curated winelist at Auburn U Culinary School RestaurantEnroute to a getaway at The Cove, Destin, Florida vacation rental home, we stopped in Auburn, AL to visit an...
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Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva at Tuscany Bistro Destin
Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva at Tuscany Bistro Restaurant Destin/SandestinVisiting our favorite vacation destination The Cove, Destin, Florida vacation rental home, we're working through the...
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La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Rioja Reserva with BBQ
La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Rioja Reserva 2011Stopping in our local independent wine merchant recently, proprietor Michael offered up some suggested wines to consider. Seeking to support our local...
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Nickel & Nickel Truchard Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
First look at Nickel & Nickel Truchard Vineyard Chardonnay 2022We opened this full throttle Napa Chardonnay with home baked chicken breasts stuffed with feta cheese and spinach with roasted...
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BV Tapestry with Beef bourguignon
Beaulieu Vineyards (BV) Napa Valley Tapestry Reserve Bordeaux Blend, fabulous pairing with Beef bourguignonFriday night dinner, Linda prepared a beef bourguignon with - sirloin steak with carrots,...
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Far Niente Chardonnay highlights seafood dinner at Hugo's Frogbar Naperville
Far Niente Chardonnay highlights seafood dinner at Hugo's Frogbar Naperville - Pan Seared Walleye rivals favorite memorable fresh seafood dishes - a retrospective ...We joined son Ryan and his family...
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PEO Social Wine Tasting
PEO Social Wine Tasting Wife Linda's service organization had a social gathering with a wine tasting hosted by Julie, and I was delighted to comply with the invitation to curate the wine flight for...
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James Restaurant "Cab is King" Wine Dinner w/ Bell Wine Cellars Wines
The James Restaurant"Cab is King" Wine Dinner featuring Bell Wine Cellars Napa Valley CabernetsWe attended the "Cab is King" Wine Dinner with Bell Wine Cellars at The James Restaurant in nearby Geneva...
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Robert Craig Affinity and Beef Bourguignon - A Perfect Pairing
Beef Bourguignon and Robert Craig Affinity for a Delicious Perfect Food and Wine Pairing Following our dinner the other night featuring Beef Bourguignon and a Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend, we did a...
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Signorello Hope's Cuvee Napa Chardonnay for Thanksgiving
Signorello Hope's Cuvee Napa Valley Chardonnay 2014 for Thanksgiving FeastEvery year at Thanksgiving I rethink, and overthink about what wine will we serve with dinner. I seek a special wine with some...
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Pour Boys Holiday Wine Dinner 2023
Pour Boys Holiday Wine Dinner 2023Dr Dan and Linda hosted Lyle and Terry and Linda and me for a 'Pour Boys' wine group holiday dinner. They prepared Veal Marsala as the main entree dish with mashed...
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Long Shadows Chester Kidder with Beef Tenderloin
Long Shadows Chester Kidder with Beef TenderloinWith left over beef tenderloin I pulled from the cellar this premium Washington State Cabernet as an accompaniment. This is from Long Shadows collection...
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Wayfarer Chardonnay BYOB at Carnivore & Queen
Wayfarer BYOB and website confusion/conflict at Carnivore & Queen Restaurant Downers Grove For a Friday night date night, we planned to go to a local neighborhood eaterie, Carnivore & the Queen...
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Boys night features flight of ultra-premium Napa Cabernets
Boys night features flight of ultra-premium Napa CabernetsSon Ryan invited brothers, dad and in-laws, in town for the holidays, over for a boys night of darts, ping-pong and pop-a-shot. He opened the...
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Christmas dinner offers medley of festive wines
Christmas dinner offers medley of festive fine wines - old world, new world ... Left Bank, Right Bank ... The tree was trimmed, the stockings were hung on the fireplace, and the house was decorated and...
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Plumpjack Reserve Napa Chardonnay at Entourage Restaurant Naperville
Plumpjack Reserve Napa Chardonnay 2022 at Entourage Restaurant Naperville Son Alec & d-in-law Vivianna gave us a gift card to their latest favorite restaurant Entourage in Naperville, IL. It turns...
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Cloud View 1999 with Beef Tenderloin
Cloud View 1999 Bordeaux Blend with Beef Tenderloin for intimate New Years' dinner For a quiet News Years Eve dinner at home, Linda prepared a delicious beef tenderloin, with fresh baked bread, bacon...
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Spring Valley Katherine Cabernet Franc with artisan cheeses
Spring Valley Vineyards "Katherine" Cabernet Franc with artisan cheeses and bacon wrapped dates .. A quiet winter night by the fire bingeing on a TV special series, Linda prepared blue cheese stuffed...
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