(images: tenaciously.smugmug.com) Booth babes. Row upon row of free alcohol to sample, some of it top notch. Hobnobbing with local wine celebs (e.g., Marnie Old). Man, the lengths I will go to give me readers a decent story! I was recently (in Q4 2007) asked by a local restaurant / wine bar to help them…
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Wine Night Numero Uno
Happy to report that the first Cosimo (pronounced “KO-see-mo” – don’t worry, I screwed it up too) “Wine Night” was a great time. The crowd was fun, and it was great to be part of such an educational good time with the Cosimo crew, as well as Russ Burda (one of the Chaddsford Winery wine…
Cosimo Wine Tasting Event – March 26, 2007
Hi all – I will be one of the “guest lecturers” at the tasting event listed below; join us at Cosimo! Bordeaux Component Tasting Monday Evening, March 26th 6:30 PM We are pleased to introduce the first of our regularly scheduled “Wine Nights” (the last Monday of every month). These informative nights focus on an…
Wine Madness
Many thanks to the Cosimo crew for providing “Wine Madness” this weekend. We tasted several excellent wines, a few standouts are worth mentioning in more detail: Linne Calodo Rising Tides 2004 – A massive wine, nearly 16% alcohol… which normally would’ve made me steer way clear of this bottle, but it had tannin structure and…