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Wining through the holidays – Hanukkah…

Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah. Let’s have a party, we’ll all dance the horah. Gather ’round the table, we’ll give you a treat. Dreidels to play with and latkes to eat.

And while we are playing, the candles are burning low. One for each night, they shed a sweet light, to remind us of days long ago. One for each night, they shed a sweet light, to remind us of days long ago. - Traditional…

5 Alternative Wines for Thanksgiving

It’s that time of year again. The “holidays”. You throw a party, or you go to a party. For a huge meal. It could be a traditional roast turkey, accompanied by stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Or it could be roast goose or duck, or a Honeybaked ham. Or (shudder) a turducken.

Regardless of what you, your friends and family choose to share, it’s going to…

A Passion for Cheese By Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario

By Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario

My passion for cheese came to me through being struck by Cupid’s Arrow. As a former advertising executive, I entertained my clients regularly. I took a client to a fundraiser for Slow Food, it was a cheese tasting. I tasted a cheese made by a small Wisconsin cheesemaker and it blew my mind. It was Pleasant Ridge Reserve, a cow’s milk alpine style cheese made…

ALBARIÑO WINE FESTIVAL (FESTA DO ALBARIÑO)

ALBARIÑO WINE FESTIVAL (FESTA DO ALBARIÑO) 

CAMBADOS 

GALICIA

SPAIN

  GASTRONOMIC FAIR

From the last week of July until the first weekend in August, the annual Albarino Wine Festival is held in the ancient Galician town of Cambados. The lush Paseo de la Calzada is the setting for Spain’s gastronomic fair that draws everyone from princes and presidents to show business glitterati. This wildly…