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Pin Cherry Wine 24 Aug 2013 | 12:35 am
A request for a pin cherry wine recipe, also known as fire cherry and bird cherry, sent me reminiscing. These small berries, with little pulp and a hard, central seed, are nonetheless extremely flavor...
Improved Apple Pie Moonshine 13 Aug 2013 | 05:23 am
I have gotten a good deal of feedback on my Apple Pie Moonshine recipe. Some offered alternative recipes, some asked questions, but most were laudatory or constructively critical. I took the latter ve...
Remembering Stephen Zellerbach's Wines 13 Aug 2013 | 05:23 am
Talk about flashbacks! In the early 1980s I was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco and many Saturday mornings drove north into the wine country to taste wines and add a few to my collection. I...
Absolutely Simple and Fast Dessert! 7 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
I have mentioned this cookbook before (June 30, 2013), but now I am flat-out endorsing it. If you want to throw together easy, quick and economical dishes that are absolute winners, the "Delish Just F...
What Is A Native Grape? 7 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
My local friends and I make a lot of native grape wines. By native grape, I don't mean Concord, Catawba, Norton, or Niagara, all of which have Vitis vinifera in their genes, or Ison, Fry or Noble musc...
The Genius of Thomas Jefferson 24 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
My favorite president since I was in the sixth grade and read the biographies of "the great three" – Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln – has always been Thomas Jefferson. Despite his ownership of slav...
The Genius of Thomas Jefferson 24 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
My favorite president since I was in the sixth grade and read the biographies of "the great three" – Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln – has always been Thomas Jefferson. Despite his ownership of slav...
Mark's Strawberry Wine 24 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
I saw a huge display of strawberries at the market this morning and was hit in the face by their aroma. I looked over the display and saw that they had placed a strawberry air scent at the top of the ...
This Blog and Computers 24 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
Several people have called or written with complaints that either (1) my WineBlog is still down or (2) it takes forever to load. Both of these problems have been attended to, but you may not be able t...
Laissez les bons temps rouler! 16 Jul 2013 | 07:02 am
"Laissez les bons temps rouler" is Cajun-French for "let the good times roll," and that's what happened when I arrived at Lafayette, Louisiana. Gib DeLisle treated me to a couple of wine tastings with...
