Bubbles

Thanksgiving Wine Guide (Updated)

by on November 25, 2013

I haven’t written a “what to pair with Thanksgiving dinner” post since my first one back in 2009.   Every year since I have written Thanksgiving related posts, but none discussing what wine to pair with the meal.  This is because I am a traditionalist when it comes to this meal, and my advice remains the […]

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This Week’s Favorites — pumpkin ravioli and stress relieving bubbles

by on November 10, 2013

A weekly roundup of some of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. I’ve been slacking on my “Friday” Favorites and figured since it’s already the weekend that I’d instead highlight some of my favorite things from the last couple weeks. This past week has been a blur.  Hubby was […]

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This has been a rough week so far.  Both my kids have been home sick.  Taking care of twin toddlers can be challenging.  Taking care of sick twin toddlers is a whole new category of challenging.  I’ve put everything else aside this week to just be there for my guys.  Everything else I had planned […]

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Splurge Worthy Wines

by on September 30, 2013

My birthday fell in the middle of last week. That means only one thing — it became absolutely okay to open up some amazing wines on a Wednesday. In my job I am incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to taste amazing wines on a regular basis. But what I buy and drink at home […]

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Kramer Vineyards Oenocamp — a day in the life of harvesting sparkling wine

by on September 24, 2013

If you’ve ever stepped foot on a vineyard you’ve probably had at least one fantasy about how romantic it must be to own or work in one.  Be honest. Working for several years at two different wineries I had my fair share of working both in the vineyard and winery.  I’ve seen, first hand, both […]

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A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week, in the categories of wine, food, travel and lifestyle. WINE Bubbles! Last Friday I participated in a twitter tasting of sparkling wines from the Franciacorta DOCG in the larger Lombardy region of northern Italy.  Produced in the traditional Champagne method, these sparkling wines undergo secondary […]

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A roundup of some of my favorite things this week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle.  It has been a very slow week here on the blog, but an incredibly busy one for me and Vindulge.  I’m sorry I missed last week’s Friday post.  To make it up I’ve extended this weeks […]

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A weekly roundup of some of my favorite things this week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle.  This was indeed a week full of “favorites”. Well, my absolute favorite part of the week was getting to spend it with some good friends who were visiting from California with their toddler who is […]

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Where to begin with writing about Friuli?  The land? The wine? The food? The prosciutto? Oh the prosciutto! Ok, let’s just start with the wine since there’s no lack of great wine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.  After spending a week in the region I found it difficult to sum up even the wines from here into […]

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A roundup of some of my favorite things from the week. I really have no idea how it’s already Friday!  Between a quick trip to NYC on Tuesday and my husband traveling the rest of the week the days have flown by.   That being said, I did manage to capture a few favorite moments. WINE […]

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