BlackBerry Chronicles: Friday Night Lights

01.16.2012
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This was my view for most of the night this past Friday. Lights, cameras and Bizarre Foods action! I was the sommelier for a one night dinner created by Andrew Zimmern. He was hopping around town shooting all over LA last week with the finale being a 5 course spread at Royal/T. All proceeds went [...]

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Label ♥ Love: Greatest Hits

01.13.2012
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It’s HELL ya’ll! And that devil is getting crunk. Danilo Thomain Enfer d’Arvier Such is the type of thing that constitutes a label love situation. Among other things. So, I thought I’d do a little round-up of all my favorite labels (and wines) over the past year or so. I want to look at pretty [...]

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The Crush: Episode 24

01.11.2012
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Here she is world! Episode 24! Yes. Sexual Chocolate, which is the name of an actual wine from California. We discuss that and other cheeky wine names and how wine TOTALLY sells when its label even remotely refers to sex (Menage a Trois) or “bad” words (Bitch, Fat Bastard). We’re not judging. Except we’re totally [...]

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What’s for Sipper, Talia Baiocchi?

01.10.2012
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While we’re talking stylish wine ladies, here’s another! Talia Baiocchi is one of my favorite wine writers out there right now. She’s young, she’s funny, she’s way smarter than me, has great taste and a super fresh perspective on all this wine stuff. She is currently the wine columnist at Eater.com and contributes to a [...]

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Wine Wear Daily: Lady Somm Style

01.08.2012
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NYC sommelier Levi Dalton just wrote a great post covering sartorial sommelier tips, focusing on both functionality and style. He’s a dude, clearly. So, it was written for dude somms. Well, what about the ladies? I got Levi’s blessing to do a female take on the whole shebang. So, here goes… Let’s start with how [...]

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The Crush: Episode 23

01.05.2012
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Twenty-Threeeeeeeee. Episode 20 plus 3 is here! We talk about what to drink while listening to Barbra Streisand (my mom would be so proud), if music can influence the taste of a wine, more than you ever need to know about pruning vines, our favorite wines under $10 and why you should usually spend more [...]

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Kentucky Suds

01.04.2012
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When I was home for the holidays, I got to enjoy many of Kentucky’s finest beverages. There was bourbon, duh. There was also beer. Beer brewed in my hometown of Lexington, no less! One night I opened up the fridge before tucking into a few slices of pizza and this is what I found. Kentucky [...]

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Twenty Tweezy Breakfeezy

01.02.2012
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My friend Bisquite PowerPoppin is to thank for the title of this post. If you don’t speak Bizzy, let me translate: 2012 Breakfast! I ate one with a bunch of amazing people. And my dear friend Joy did all the cookin’! I sure do love me some Joy Food. There were instant photos, gemstones and [...]

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Sunrise, Sunset

12.29.2011
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Anyone else see too many productions of Fiddler on the Roof as a child? No? OK- maybe it’s just me, but whenever I start thinking about how fast time flies, the chorus of “Sunrise, Sunset” creeps into my brain…Sunrise, sunset. Sunrise, sunset. Swiftly flow the days. News alert! There’s been a whole buncha sunrises and [...]

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The Crush: Episode 22

12.27.2011
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Twenty-Two for Twenty Twelve. Episode 22 is here! Christina and I talk about what we ate and drank with our fams on Christmas, how elevage is like raising children, the Dave Matthews Band wine Christina was given, bellinis and why I got turned away from Harry’s Bar in Venice, 2012 wine world predictions (and hopes) [...]

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