A couple weeks back we had some friends over for dinner. The plan, they bring the wine, we come up with food to pair with the wine. They had a couple of nice Italian wines they wanted to drink so our challenge was to come up with something to pair with a ’97 Brunelleo (made […]
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I went berry picking with a friend the other day at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island and after picking an abundance of raspberries we perused their market for additional goodies when I spotted a 10 lb bag of beets. Mind you, I’ve never bought raw beets before, and have just recently grown fond of them. […]
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Trying to explore as much Oregon as I can before moving to the Northeast, I accepted an invitation to a wine and food pairing lunch a couple weeks back hosted by WillaKenzie Estate Winery. Lunch consisted of a five-course food and wine pairing prepared by Chef Andy Arndt of Aquariva that turned out to be […]
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It is inevitable, we are moving to Connecticut. Although we still don’t have a date, it’s currently looking like close to August 15th. That’s barely a month away! When I found out that our time in Portland was nearing an end (at least for now), I started protesting, saying things like “we can't move yet, […]
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After the wettest and one of the coldest Junes on record for Portland I’ve been impatiently waiting for some real summer weather to come around… and it finally did, on July 6th. And boy, this week has been quite the scorcher with temperatures into the high 90’s. Finally! And though I can’t celebrate this fabulous […]
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Now that I have shared what inspired me the most from the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference, I wanted to share (on a more light hearted note) some of the highlights of the trip as well as the most memorable wines I tasted during the conference, and the days leading up to it. Highlights from the […]
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