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Grills and Vines

a glass of wine for every reason

Vine is vut my Papa used to make in ze basement on ze farm. He harvested red currants and raspberries from his garden and transformed them into something decidedly unMennonite. I remember the huge fermenting vessel with its apparatus on top and how fascinated we three girls [...]

Now Play Nicely Together

the glasses are all empty except this one

Oh snobby, snobby me. I chose the theme of ‘Pairing Wine and Cheese’ for my latest newsletter believing it would be an easy task to apply what I know about food and wine pairing to the art of pairing wine with cheese. How hard could it [...]

Summer Sipping

all it needs is a squeeze of lemon and some Sauvignon Blanc

Oh yeah… bring on the SUN! People, we have waited for a little longer than usual for this warmness so do not let me hear any of you complaining. I know, some of you have to work out in it and being [...]

Birthday Cake and Wine

my perfect birthday cake

Yes it is true… I recently had a birthday. It is no big secret either that I love birthday cake more than I love any other food in the world. I am willing to do almost anything for a well-deserved piece of cake with icing on it, even acknowledge that [...]