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A Napa Valley Pilgrimage

Glynnis and me at Ehlers Estate Matt and Glynnis were in the midst of a pilgrimage when Z and I met them.  Beginning in Georgia, they made their way to Miami before eventually landing in Louisville for a four year layover.  There was never a question of if they would move to Napa it was merely a matter of when. …

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48 Hours in San Francisco

Mission Dolores Park, San Francisco “This is what the term ‘melting pot’ means” I muse to Z.  We are in the process of scaling one of San Francisco’s famously steep streets, lines of cars parked perpendicular to the sidewalk, a precarious sight.  A gust of wind thrown just the right way would surely send them toppling like dominos to the …

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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir 2009

For me, this has been the summer of golden, crisp, delightfully refreshing wine of the white varietal.  The incessant heat, coupled with my newfound love for white wine, has shifted the scales in my typically red-heavy world of wine consumption and I have been happily venturing through new aisles in the wine shops, exploring bottles and regions previously unknown to me.  As with …