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One Man’s Journey to Wine Enlightenment

Episode 1 – The beginning…….. It all started with the crazy idea that we may want to have a wine related business. Mind you, Mike had always been the more inquisitive (and sometimes we all felt maybe obnoxious) one of the group on our wine tasting trips. He would ask…read more

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Trips & Tidbits

Sip's Tips

In red wine you hear a lot about whether the wine is tannic. Tannins result from a wine’s contact with grape skins during fermentation. After taking a sip of red wine, run your tongue along the roof of your mouth. A tannic wine will leave a noticeable dryness on your tongue – a dry, powdery coating.

Sip's Quips

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he improves with age. The next day she locked me in the cellar.

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