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Paso Robles Wine Country, Part 3

November 16, 2019November 15, 2019 / wcollins / 2 Comments

A creek that runs through the Halter Ranch property.

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”― Paulo Coelho

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Paso Robles Wine Country, Part 2

September 14, 2019September 13, 2019 / wcollins / 3 Comments

Denner Vineyards

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”  – Paulo Coelho

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Paso Robles Wine Country

August 10, 2019August 9, 2019 / wcollins / 10 Comments

Some of the vineyards of Paso Robles.

“I will drink milk when cows eat grapes.” –  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, 1864 – 1901.

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Well Blended

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 / wcollins / 6 Comments

 

“The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

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TAKING A LOOK AT ITALY

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 / wcollins / 8 Comments

“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” – Linda McCartney

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Alabama Spicy Pecans

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 / wcollins / 12 Comments

“For starters, I have a great weakness for little bites that don’t leave me stuffed before the main event. The idea is to serve something provocative, to coax the appetite, to develop a tantalizing unrequited hunger, not to satiate it.” –  Frank Stitt’s Southern Table

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Puttin’ on the Ritz

March 9, 2019March 8, 2019 / wcollins / 4 Comments

“Have some wine,’ the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. ‘I don’t see any wine,’ she remarked.

‘There isn’t any,’ said the March Hare.”  – from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

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Ambling About Amboise Partie Deux

February 17, 2019February 16, 2019 / wcollins / 4 Comments

 

Amboise and the Loire River

“At my dinner parties, I like to serve cheese after the main course because you still have red wine in the glass, and it goes very well with the cheese. And that is what they do in France, and I think they set a good example.” –  Mary Berry, British food writer and judge on The Great British Bake Off

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On Vacation

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 / wcollins / 3 Comments

“There’s nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach.” 

Thomas Gibson

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 / wcollins / 6 Comments

London in December

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Let your heart be light

From now on, our troubles will be out of sight” – written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane (listen to the original Judy Garland version HERE)

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  • Paso Robles Wine Country, Part 3 November 16, 2019
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