Around the World in Eighty Sips — Rwanda’s Akarusho Red
Around the World in Eighty Sips One of the neatest things about wine is that it isn’t merely a beverage; it’s history and culture in liquid form. In this segment, […]
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The Five-Day Bachelor
This past week, Sonja was out of town, leaving me (Mark), who until our wedding a year ago in February was a bachelor at thirty-two, to fend for myself. Yikes! […]
Paying a visit to an old friend
My friend Chuck and I had a falling out a while back. It wasn’t anything personal; really, we had just grown apart over the years. We used to love spending […]
Getting Portly
I don’t know anything about Port wine. Okay, not much anyway. I first heard about Port when Colonol Pickering reprimanded Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, saying “It’s utterly indecent […]
You be you (and let your palate be itself too)
Wine drinking was really no different than beer drinking to me for a long time. I sucked at it. I didn’t know anything, liked everything, and did it primarily with […]
Buyer’s Rejoice(ing)
To be honest, it was a little scary to get back from three days of tasting in Napa and Sonoma, the way we spent our first anniversary (and also our […]
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