Tag: Chianti

Spring Forward

.Reading time 8 minutes.

  One thing that is consistent about Texas weather is its inconsistency. Fifty degree swings in 24 hours are not unheard of.  In fact the week before Spring Break we had freezing temperatures, the weekend it began we hit the seventies, the second weekend was chilly and raining. Another consistent for Spring break is daily […]

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Musical Pairings with Banfi

.Reading time 4 minutes.

When it comes to stocking your wine fridge, or cellar if you’re lucky, you can and should do so with several things in mind.  You have those special occasion bottles and the duplicates for comparative purposes.  You have the obscure blend you found at your favorite store and the ones you picked up at the […]

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Chills in the Hills of Chianti-(#MWWC6)Mystery

.Reading time 11 minutes.

This post is part of the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge (#MWWC6).  You can enter by 1/13/14 or enjoy the entries by visiting the Drunken Cyclist.  The theme this month is “Mystery” so I thought I’d share the story of our stay in a small town in Chianti.  The pieces can be Fiction or Non-fiction.  Which is this?  […]

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