Monthly Archives: September 2008

The Return of the Cocktail

September 29, 2008 – 7:16 pm

This has been coming for a decade.  Judging by the consumption at the wine show last week, wine and beer are out, and cocktails are in.  In a very big way.
Had some great ones.  A Ceasar with Bacardi Limon stood out.  The 10 year old Spanish brandy from Torres, made with the grapes used in [...]

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The company we keep

September 21, 2008 – 8:40 am

So there I am, in a windowless room, drinking bulk wine from a carafe.  It was thin, sour stuff, and if you could catch a bouquet off it, over the perfumes, colognes, aftershaves, and hair products, well you’re a better man than I Gunga Din.
The thing is, I enjoyed the glass enormously, and the meal. 
And [...]

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