What I smoked today This past Sunday was Father’s Day, so it was only fitting (and highly stereotypical) to make a manly feast of meat and potatoes for dinner…. and yes we smoked it on our super cool Traeger smoker! My own father and step father both reside in AZ, and although I do not […]
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Wandering aimlessly around the wine section at New Seasons a couple weeks ago I came across this next summer value wine. Some days I'm really indecisive about what I want to buy (it's a Libra thing), so I usually end up asking the wine steward for their current favorites. I told this particular wine steward […]
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…Another Great Summer Value Back on the trail for finding excellent summer value wines I stumbled upon this wine at local wine shop cork • a bottle shop. Owner Darryl Joannides always has new and exciting wines to discover so I like to stop by every so often to check out the latest selection. In […]
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After years of working in Hood River, OR, it was finally nice to get out and be a tourist this past weekend. Living in Portland, my commute to Hood River used to be 104 miles round trip. On top of long work hours I hardly spent any leisurely time in the Columbia Gorge. So at […]
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As I continue my quest to find good everyday summer wines I am also seeking out wines fitting for specific occasions and moods (i.e. patio sipper, gardening wines, brunch wines, rainy day wines, etc). You see, when I go shopping for wine, I rarely think to myself “ohh, I want a wine that smells like […]
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For the next couple weeks I decided to set out on a mission to find some great summer wines to enjoy throughout the season. Since I drink my fair share of nice crisp white wines during this warm, dry, season, I’m looking to find the best values this summer… so for my everyday whites I’m […]
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And the beginning of a new segment all about smoking meats and other fun food items… After three years of Portland summers (which consist of LOTS of outdoor barbecuing and dining) we decided it was time to buy a smoker. A smoker was something I didn’t quite understand, nor did I think was a necessary […]
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Okay, so it was brought to my attention that I may have been a bit harsh in my references to Cook’s in my last post. Now, it is never my intention to offend anybody (or especially any wine for that matter) but sometimes I can get a little worked up about specific topics, especially ones […]
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