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Out West, Where The Wine Is Wild
For anyone who digs wine – and I mean really DIGS the art and craft of what it means to take a patch of soil, nurture vines and grapes on that soil, then find a way to capture that soil, … Continue reading
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Tagged California, chardonnay, Dirty South, Hardy Wallace, Kevin Kelley, natural wine, NPA, Salinia, wine
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Wine Finds Among The Fishes
Last night’s Aqua Vino fundraiser for the Georgia Aquarium’s Correll Center for Aquatic Animal Health (got all that?) was a great excuse to sample a wide variety of wine from around the world, all for a good cause. While I … Continue reading
Posted in Atlanta, Juice (AKA Wine)
Tagged aqua vino, dinastia vivanco, georgia aquarium, georgia wine, sequana, trimbach, wine, yonah mountain
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North Georgia Wine Country
Creative Loafing Atlanta recently published an article I wrote on “the past, present and future of Georgia wine country.” The idea for the article actually started when I volunteered to help harvest grapes at Montaluce Vineyards, about an hour outside … Continue reading
Posted in Juice (AKA Wine)
Tagged dahlonega, georgia, local, merlot, viognier, wine, wine country
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A Witch Hunt & More in Decatur, GA
Decatur and the Westside seem to be battling it out for food and drink supremacy in Atlanta these days, and Decatur’s lineup is enough to make you rethink your decision to live anywhere other than within walking distance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Atlanta, Beer, Cocktail Recipes, Juice (AKA Wine), Likker, Thirsty
Tagged atlanta, autumn, beer, cocktail, Decatur, drink, fall, wine
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Beer or Wine? Four Excellent Events Battle It Out In October
Atlanta beer and wine lovers have much to rejoice over, as the first two weeks of October bring one whale of a wine celebration at the Georgia Aquarium, two hopped up beer celebrations in Decatur and Glenwood Park, AND one … Continue reading
When the Wine List Meets the iPad
The New York Times today featured Atlanta’s own Bone’s restaurant and its trailblazing use of iPads in replacement of their traditional wine list. We love Bone’s for their great wine cellar, not to mention the steaks or the very friendly … Continue reading
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Tagged Cellartracker, Cor.kz, Cork'd, iPad, iPhone, juice, wine
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In Praise of Drinking Locally
When we travel to distant cities, foreign countries, faraway places, the compulsion to “do what the locals do” is strong. When we see Anthony Bourdain on TV sipping the local drink of choice while digging into the culinary history of … Continue reading
First Look: Perrine’s Wine Shop, Westside Provisions District
The Westside Provisions District is coming into its own as an epicenter of Atlanta food and drink. Bacchanalia / Star Provisions, Ormsby’s, Abbatoir, Yeah! Burger, JCT, Figo, Taqueria del Sol, and now… Perrine’s Wine Shop (or Marchand de Vin as … Continue reading