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Colorado Trails
This morning for the first time in months, I decided to head out to our trail. We are fortunate to live near the Cherry Creek Trail which is an out…
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An Ongoing Dilemma
I have an ongoing dilemma since moving to Colorado. You see, we moved from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan to essentially, what I call at least, a restaurant wasteland, but my…
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Wine certifications and goodbye to work
I continue to debate whether it is worth continuing to pursue wine designations when I have never worked in the wine industry, yet here I am, signed up for two…
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WSET Diploma
As I begin to wind down my official work life in the tax world, I’m starting to consider what my next chapter will be. Just prior to the pandemic, I…
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Bordeaux: Red Wine
My second Unit 3 class was red bordeaux wines. You might be curious as to whether I got my 7 hours of studying in this week. Um, not yet but…
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Bordeaux: White wine
Generally people think red wine when Bordeaux is mentioned – you know, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot blends? Fair enough, 90% of wine made in the Bordeaux region is red.…
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Getting started (again!)
I never seem to be able to sustain posting but I’m going to try again particularly because this year, next week to be exact, I start D3 of the WSET…
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Champagne: Quick Sips
Whenever you see “Quick Sips” in the title that means that the post is a quick read with those few crucial points you need to know to hold your own…
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Rhone Wines: Quick Sips
Rhone wines have been everywhere in NYC recently. I hope it is a coordinated effort and not just a coincidence but I wish that there was better advertising about it…
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Fortified wine
We have walked through sparkling wine, white wine and red wine (still wines) and now it’s time to visit fortified wine. I am going to lump them all together here…