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…
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“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…
A Local Wine Menage-a-Trois Soiree via Twitter
This exciting edition (is there any other kind?) of Tales of the Purple Monkey has Plumboo (that’s the monkey) and me taking on one wine, but in three slightly (but importantly) different ways. Last week, I participated in several Twitter Taste Live events, one of them being co-hosted by BinEndsWine.com and DrVino.com titled “Drink Local!”…