Category: Wine & Words
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Wine & Words: The Devil Comes to Moscow
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Arm and arm, hand and hand, I stroll the neighborhoods filled with brownstones that reminisce a tale from the past. Warmth pulses from the sun, beating softly down on a different borough. The East Village has changed directions to the West. Vintage clothing line the streets. Records are…
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Wine & Words: Rhône on the Road
Kerouac: A Biography By Ann Charters A breeze wisps against my face as the wind tunnels through my soul. Grey marks the sky and the painted art on the buildings tell a story of community. The passerby’s are dressed to impress, while I am bundled head to toe. The cold doesn’t phase these brave souls, while…
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Wine & Words: A Somm’s Guidebook
Welcome to the New Year! We are either excited and still proactively working on our resolutions, or we are among the “antiresolutionist.” Either way, if you are looking to get into wine and don’t know where to start – then here it is. Simply drink! Visit your local ‘packy’ and start buying the ten dollar…
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Wine and Words: “Memory, the Seamstress,” and Bubbly
Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that. Memory runs her needle in and out, up and down, hither and thither. We know not what comes next, or what follows after. Virginia Woolf, Orlando, Chapter 2 Now, as readers we might be afraid of Virginia Woolf. Edward…
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Whiskey & Words: The Lion is Dead
“Wine & Words” has changed for this month. My apologies, to pair a wine with this specific biography would not do it justice. So, for this month it will be “Whiskey & Words.” Still a nice alliteration. A sensible play on words will journey us through the turn of the century. ‘What century?’ you ask.…
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