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Blog Post #62 – Education

  • Blog Post #25 – Wine of the Month (February)

    As promised in last week’s post, this one will be all about my favorite dessert wine. Yes, that means the Wine of the Month for February is Canadian Icewine, specifically Inniskillin (Vidal or Cabernet Franc). I will, towards the end of this blog, talk about a few other excellent vintners of Canadian Icewine. Both of…

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  • Blog Post #24 – Food & Wine (dessert)

    This is my first dessert blog post. I figured it was about time I did one. For most people, the after dinner dessert of choice is ice cream. It’s quick, easy, and yummy! Of course, we all have our favorite flavors. So, I will do my best to “paint with a broad stroke” as I…

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  • Blog Post #23 – Education

    In this post I will first talk a little bit about “wine etiquette”, then I will focus on affordable wines for the rest of it. So, when you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant and the wine steward (or sommelier, if they have one) approaches you with the bottle, what should you do?…

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