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Interview with the winemaker!

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New Taste with Elle is up!

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La Genisia

La Genisia is making a name for Oltrepò Pavese, a lil’ subregion of Lombardia which lies in northern Italy. I say lil’, but it is the 4th largest Pinot Nero (aka Pinot Noir aka Spatburgunder)...

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ALDI WINE REVIEW!

Oh, another day another video…if you shop at Aldi please check her out here my friends.

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New Youtube is Up!

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New Youtube is up!

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Espresso martinis ranked!

Yooo some of these overwhelmed some straight disgusted. Watched here! Tell me your thoughts?

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FESTIVAL OF UNDISCOVERED GRAPES DISCOUNTS!!!

Are you gonna go? Do you want some discounted tix? Yeah you do! Taking place Saturday, March 28th in downtown Los Angeles, it brings together a boatload of California winemakers making wines from...

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Always a solid

Whyfore and whence Portuguese wines? Why have I not joined the growing cohort of expats relocating to Portugal? Well, probably because I am not a joiner, which makes staying in the States but drinking...

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Argentina Yay

Just over a week into 2026, and already I have been on a rollercoaster, emotionally, professionally, physically…and then there is the dumpster inferno of my daily news doom-scroll. So either this is...

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Montefili

Italian wine just tastes Italian sometimes? A lot of the time? Like it just does. And the most Italian grape of all, I would argue, is Sangiovese. It’s like pizza and sex, you always want to have it....

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Bernardus

Bernardus, my old friend. Now that we have been friends for a couple of years. You know how you encounter someone and you think they’re cool, but like, where’s it going? Then you meet them again, and...

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Trying Costco Wines!

Latest Youtube is up! Here’s a list of everything I tried: 2022 Kirkland Signature California Red Blend, $7.99 2023 Kirkland Signature Series Columbia Valley Red Wine, $14.99 2023 Kirkland Signature...

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Pretty in Portugal

More love for Portugal! I’m on a real bender with it. I suppose I am trying to recreate the mood of the magical days I spent there way back when in 2019, roaming under pergola-trained vines, sucking...

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Be in Contact(o)

The Vinho Verde region, located in the northwest of Portugal, lives in my memory as a dreamy amalgamation of yes, green-ness (the Verde part of the name!) in general, but also a sort of current, an...

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Japanese KitKats!!!

Please enjoy my latest Youtube video, in which I pair apple, sake and matcha KitKats with drinks!

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Nero d’Avola ftw

The King of Sicilian Wine? Wow. I know I’m not supposed to favor gendered descriptions of wine these days, but the thing is, I get what they are saying when they call it the King (not like Elvis or...

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Pretty in Pink, Redolent Rosato

Cover me in deep pink. Marinate me in acid. Soothe my joints with a minerally balm. I frequently veer towards a deeper blush when it comes to my favored pink drinks. In the recent past, the prevailing...

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The Chards of Summer…

Sultry summer nights, how I fantasize they could be, smoldering and…sultry. As if in Los Angeles there was a season in which nights were actually sultry, as if sultry didn’t actually mean slightly...

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Ranking Trader Joe’s White Wines

I’m back! This time I taste test all the Trader Joe’s brand white wines, plus some bonus rosé and bubbles just to round things out. Please take a watch! Here are the wines tasted and prices: Trader...

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