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Posted in Wine on Aug 3rd, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week August 3, 2010 Wedding anniversary 42, and while we would have enjoyed dining at Forty-Two at the Clinton Library where we volunteer, we were about 600 miles away. So instead we ventured to the old Studebaker mansion in South Bend, Indiana. It is called “Tippecanoe Place” and [...]
Posted in Wine on Jul 27th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week July 27, 2010 So many memories are sparked by food and wine. It was only last year, at this very time that we were in the south of France. It was a memorable vacation. First there was Montpellier, a beautiful and energetic university city with a vibrant [...]
Posted in Wine on Jul 20th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week July 20, 2010 When you go out for dinner do you usually choose to order the same wine every time? Many of us do. Our spouse and daughter are drawn to Pinot Grigio, as are lots and lots of others apparently. This is one of the most [...]
Posted in Wine on Jul 13th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week July 13, 2010 We have a tradition in our family of having pizza every Sunday evening. The tradition continues even now that our children have children. It being summer, it just makes sense to bake the pizza on the grill. Besides, we love the extra flavor the [...]
Posted in Wine on Jul 6th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week July 6, 2010 We hope the Fourth was as much fun for you as it was for us. Both family and friends were here. Six adults, one baby, and two dogs. Fireworks sent the dogs into hiding, but the rest of us had a glorious time. We [...]
Posted in Wine on Jun 29th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week June 29, 2010 This weekend we’ll have family and friends at our “Summer Palace,” (we temporarily renamed our place in the country as a result of a recent visit to St. Petersburg). It can get pretty humid here on the river, but the sense of peace and [...]
Posted in Wine on Jun 22nd, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week June 22, 2010 Even on the hottest day of summer (all right, we are aware that summer has only just officially begun) we sometimes long for a good bowl of pasta and meat sauce. Just last evening it was our spouse who asked, almost plaintively, “Couldn’t we [...]
Posted in Wine on Jun 15th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week June 15, 2010 On a hot and muggy day, our favorite place to be is at the pool. Of course we don’t go there when the sun is high in the sky. We wait until later in the afternoon when we can join the grandchildren, just home [...]
Posted in Wine on Jun 8th, 2010
Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week June 8, 2010 The lyric to that great aria from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime, and the living is easy…” has been floating through our head for the past few days. Perhaps it is because the temperatures have definitely been in the “summertime” range, though we don’t remember [...]
Posted in Wine on Jun 1st, 2010
< Raise a Glass: Wine Picks of the Week June 1, 2010 Ah, the day after Memorial Day; back to work and leftovers to deal with. Our Chicago kids were with us here on the river and, though we know they are vegetarians, we still grilled too much chicken. Perhaps, unconsciously, that is just what [...]