WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "I'm a man of means by no means…"

by Katie Gomez April 14, 2010
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"How I wish, how I wish you were here…"

by Katie Gomez April 11, 2010

For nearly as long as rosemary has been used in the kitchen for its culinary allure, it’s also been a symbol of remembrance. In fact, centuries ago, sprigs of rosemary were laid at the grave of loved ones as a token of loyalty and commemoration. It’s even mentioned in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, when the distraught Ophelia […]

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"Total abandon, ooh, walla walla…"

by Katie Gomez April 5, 2010

No sooner do I get done discussing Wines of Substance out in Washington state, a couple of weeks ago, than several other samples of Washington syrah end up in my lap. And while syrahs from that state are still touch-and-go in my book, with several of them winding up very unbalanced, my tongue was gratefully […]

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"You better run for your life if you can…"

by Katie Gomez April 1, 2010

Last year, I told you the wine world had been safe for far too long. Last year, I confessed that all the dart throwing I do on this blog couldn’t possibly make a dent in how much there is to ridicule in this wacky gastronomical industry. And last year, I warned everyone in food and […]

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"Honesty born in me, Heresy…"

by Katie Gomez March 29, 2010

Internal Dialogue 1: I want beer. Internal Dialogue 2: So go get some beer. Leave me out of this, I’m eating chips. ID1: But I want good beer. That means driving…20 minutes of it. They’ll never go for that. ID2: So sneak out. ID1: With mom and dad here, too? ID2: Fuck me! I’m never […]

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"Close your eyes and bow your head…"

by Katie Gomez March 23, 2010

I normally don’t have a beef with the Accidental Wine Company. In fact, to their credit, I think theirs is a great idea: snatch up bottles of wine that are soiled, retired, or have a discontinued label (and therefore are less valuable), whose contents remain perfect, and sell them at deep discounts. Genius. Then I […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "Pick up the pieces…"

by Katie Gomez March 17, 2010
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"Have you been an un-American?…"

by Katie Gomez March 16, 2010

Wine is made in each of the 50 states in the US, and yet California manages to account for nearly 90% of American wine production. In fact, if California were a separate country (go ahead, I dare ya), it would be the world’s fourth-largest wine producer all by its little self, without the help of […]

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"Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends…"

by Katie Gomez March 9, 2010

We’ve played this game before, so let’s have a second go-around on “Let’s Pretend…” Imagine for one moment that you’re a huge, turd-color-themed shipping company. I won’t say which, but the initials rhyme with Brewsy Mess. Every day, your drivers make a stop in Boise and pick up dozens of packages of beer that are […]

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"I think you should check out the ones they call the elements…"

by Katie Gomez March 5, 2010

Every once in a while I find a wine label concept that oozes coolness. One that the geek in me ogles and says, “Wow, I wish I had thought of that.” And its cool factor is tripled if the concept is broad enough in scope that it encompasses all the winery’s labels, and even spills […]

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