The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part I: “Assessing the situation.”
Sonja and I shopped around Omaha for the better part of two years, looking for the perfect house. On multiple occasions, we thought we’d found it, from a ranch with […]
Category Archives: Stories and such
“Heck of a day.” Review: DeLille Cellars Four Flags Cab Sauv 2013
In a previous class I taught this summer, I challenged my M.Ed. students to create a lesson plan around Coach Jimmy V’s “Heck of a day” speech in which the […]
Quickie: Coppola Vendetta 2013
The wine: 2013 Coppola Vendetta 2013. The backstory: I bought this in a liquor store in North Platte, Nebraska. (God forgive me.) The specs: Cali blend of two reds, mostly […]
“Opportunities in Disguise,” The Week in Wine, 3-9 July, 2017
Last week, I wrote about contentment, the genuine and almost ever-present contentment that I feel on a day to day basis living a life that is both satisfying and makes […]
Don’t forget the Vivino meet up at Corkscrew in Blackstone!
I was just going through some photographs when I found a few of my visit to Varozza Vineyards in Napa this past winter, and it reminded me to send out […]
“That moment when…” Review: Cadaretta Syrah 2014
“Hello, this is Dr. (So-and-so)’s office, calling because, unfortunately, he forgot he has a very important 72-hole golf outing on the day you scheduled your (involuntary rectal) exam four months […]
“It’s okay to need help” or “Vive la France”; Independence Day Musings.
When we speak of wine grapes, we are most often talking about “vitis vinifera” which are European. Most of the vinifera we love most in the United States, such as […]
“The Week in Wine.” 26 June – 2 July, 2017
It was a heck of a week. I’m not even sure where to start. Earlier in the week, I finished up teaching my first summer course at the small private […]
WSET II: The Verdict
According to my inbox, the email arrived at 5:51AM, around the time I was finishing up my lifting and getting ready to go for a run. I had waited in […]
Join me Saturday?
Dear readers, While I know that many of the wonderful people who read our blog don’t live in the Omaha area, I did want to be sure to spread the […]
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