(images: firstrung.co.uk, www.2112.net/powerwindows, freelanceswitch.com, ecx.images-amazon.com) In a mere 2 1/2 weeks, my infant daughter has taught me a lot about life – how fragile, strong, miraculous, and “gritty” it can be, sometimes all at once. What I didn’t expect is that she would also teach me something about wine appreciation. Now, before you go running…
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5 Reasons Why Smoking Kills Wine Appreciation
(images: wiskirchengallery.com, farm3.static.flickr.com, smokingkills.com) Guess what? Smoking sucks donkey butt. Hardly a news flash, right? But what you might not know already is that, aside from the fact that smoking kills more people per year than alcohol & drug abuse, homicides, suicides, car accidents, fires, and AIDS-related deaths – combined – it also kills something…
Why Kids are Collateral Damage in the War for Your Wine Dollar (and What You Can Do About It)
(images: tastephx.com, defendamerica.mil, green-talk.com) For those of you plying along at home, I’m a new dad – of only a few remarkable days. As you might imagine, you could change my handle to “1DiaperDude” and it would be an apt description, since I’m far more involved in baby-related activities at the moment than I am…
May I Be Franc With You (WBW #44 – French Cab Franc Review)
(images: nysaes.cornell.edu, artsci.wustl.edu, merchantwines.com) This edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey has Plumboo and I tasting a French Cabernet Franc, as part of Wine Blogging Wednesday #44. This WBW theme comes to us courtesy of the irrepressible Gary V. over at Wine Library TV. Before Plumboo and I head of to Chinon in France’s…