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Overheard in Wine Country…”Catch 20-20″

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

I’m reading (correction:  listening to) Joseph Heller’s ‘Catch-22′ and really enjoying it.  I read it so many years ago and have forgotten so much — and listening to it vs reading it really provides a different experience.  While listening the other day, I wandered off in my mind to something I ’overheard in wine country’ while attending [...]

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Overheard in Wine Country…”Penultimate Wine”

Thursday, February 26, 2009

I’m no English major, but the other day I was sitting at Ravenous (another one of my favorite haunts in Healdsburg), chowing on a burger (Gawd they are good there!) and overheard someone talking about a particular wine.  She said something along the lines of “Oh I LOVE that wine — it is the ULTIMATE!  [...]

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Overheard in Wine Country…He Spits Like a Girl!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

I had a chance to return to one of the really fine Napa Valley restaurants the other day to meet up with an old friend.  ‘Cook‘ in St. Helena is a favorite of many locals and huge find for tourists — very intimate — excellent food.  It is also a marvelous place to order dinner [...]

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Overheard in Wine Country…”Hunker Down”

Friday, January 30, 2009

I had my rabbit ears on the other day when I stopped into Zin’s in Healdsburg. It was one of my favorite lunch spots and co-owners Scott Silva & Chef Jeff Mall are stellar, stand-up guys. And Barkeep JJ is legendary. But amongst all the fantastic fare, I generally sit at the bar and grab [...]

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Overheard in Wine Country…Nobody Goes There Anymore. It’s Too Crowded!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Living & working in wine country has it’s perqs — like really good food & wine all over the place!  Of course, we don’t make enough money in this industry to retire, but we sure get to eat and drink well…so that’s something. I was just reading in Tom Wark’s Fermentation about great restaurants in [...]

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