This exciting edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey has Plumboo (the monkey) and me (not a monkey but likely descended form them) traveling to the exotic Middle East, specifically crossing the oft-disputed borders into Israel to sample kosher wines as part of the Wine Blogging Wednesday blog carnival. This month’s WBW is being hosted…
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Tales of the Purple Monkey: North vs South Riesling
Another exciting edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey, in conjunction with Wine Blogging Wednesday? Why the hell not, baby! WBW #55 has an interesting theme, chosen this month by Rémy Charest over at the Wine Case Blog. The theme is North vs. South, and while it implies a battle of epic bloody proportions with…
“Little Sweet One”: Tales of the Purple Monkey Returns for WBW #54!
Little sweet one… I’m not talking about me. Or Plumboo (that’s the monkey – who, now that my daughter is old enough to play with her toys, has been M.I.A. somewhere in her bedroom). I’m talking about a grape from Piedmont. More on that in a minute. Or two. Plumboo (in spirit) and I (physically)…
Wine for… Breakfast! (Wine Blogging Wednesday #53)
Before Plumboo (the purple monkey) I get started on our contribution to Wine Blogging Wednesday #53, this month hosted over at Twisted Oak’s El Bloggo Torcido, I should note that we don’t necessarily condone the consumption of alcoholic beverages before 10 AM. But the theme this month is “Wine For Breakfast” (they don’t called it…