Superior Estates Winery Review
Superior, Nebraska, is an awfully long way from South Africa, and yet Dominic Burke, winemaker for Superior Estates and a certified oenologist made the journey from his home country years ago, in […]
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Vine Street Cellars Review
It would be easy to start listing our experiences between Napa Valley andVouvray that weren’t nearly as satisfying as the one we had at Vine Street Cellars, located in Glenwood, Iowa, but we’ve been asked […]
Sage Hill Vineyard & Winery Review
To say that Parks, Nebraska, is in the middle of nowhere might offend the middle of nowhere. Two hours south of Ogallala, within view of the borders of both Kansas and Colorado in the very […]
“I like wine, but I’m here for baseball,” (or visa-versa?)
Welcome to Omaha, Nebraska, and the College World Series! Not much could be better, not to mention more traditional, in the warm summer months than watching live baseball unfold upon […]
Wine Insights; An Interview with Dominic Burke
On a recent visit to one of Nebraska’s many fine wineries, we sat down with winemaker Dominic Burke to find out how the South African oenologist came to work and […]
To Club or not to Club
Wine clubs can be a great thing, but like anything else, they have their ups and downs. On our honeymoon in Sonoma, we signed up for one such group that […]
An excuse to take a little road trip…
One of our very favorite bottles of wine is B.R. Cohn’s Mendocino County Barbera. The 2010 vintage is a real show-stopper; the balance is unreal, the fruits are bold, supple, […]
F@#%!
It began an evening not unlike any other evening; we had returned from a wine and cheese tasting at Whole Foods with our friends, Chad and Anna (Channa), and had […]
May I Make a Suggestion?
I don’t normally give investment advice, because, well, I’m terribly unqualified to do that sort of thing. My tech-savvy and fiscally conservative wife, Sonja, takes care of most of our […]
Our Casa, Su Casa
As we’ve stated in the past, we do not dwell in an excess of money. We’re happy, borderline content even, and we’re rich with great families, work that we enjoy, […]
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