Tag Archives: sparkling

Wine Bottle Nostalgia

Rummaging through my parent’s attic while visiting this Thanksgiving, I found a couple of boxes of stuff, time capsules if you will, that dated back to high school and prior.  Initially, I was looking to find some toys my nephews might enjoy, like a Taun Taun with Han Solo in Hoth gear (which actually has [...]

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Wines of Latin America

Keeping with the theme of ERSLA helping those in need in Latin American nations, I decided upon some wines from Brazil, Chile and Argentina for the fundraiser and wine-tasting.  Here they are with a few notes I pulled together. 2006 Miolo Brut – Brazil                                                    Produced using the traditional method (methode champenoise) for sparkling wine, [...]

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Wine Pairing Challenge – Are You Chicken?

Hardy was at it again, this time hosting an online wine pairing challengewith Popeye’s fried chicken.  Even though he’s now a west coaster, he hasn’t forgotten his roots here in the south.  The least we could do is host a remote site here in Atlanta with some of the local wine and foodie crew and [...]

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