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Mrs. Grapeinabottle and I enjoyed a nice bottle of Trinity Oaks Pinot Noir last night while watching the Presidential debate.  This pinot noir lived up to its slogan, “Trinity Oaks… the food wine” as we paired it with a barbeque chicken pizza with red onions and roasted peppers.  Trinity Oaks Pinot Noir was refreshing,  virtually [...]

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In today’s post I wanted to take a more serious side by writing about poverty in the community I live in, and encouraging people to become an active part to the solution.  The Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida is an organization that was created in 1987 and now has become the largest provider [...]

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I have decided to add a once a week (or every other week) feature on local wine, wine stores, wine bars, or just wine purchased around Florida.  Of course almost all the wine I currently consume is bought locally, but I want to delve more into the Central Florida Wine Culture. I am planning to [...]

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Pink Ribbon Wines has issued two special edition wines to celebrate the month.  They are releasing a Chardonney and a Cabernet Sauvignon, which supports the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  They are going to donate money from each purchase towards breast cancer research.  On October 30th Pink Ribbon Wines [...]

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As I was watching the Food Network show Feasting On Waves, hosted by Alton Brown, a McWilliams Wine commercial appeared, offering one lucky winner the chance to be a winemaker for a day in Australia.  I found Mcwilliams Shiraz 2006 on sale at the local wine store on sale (buy one, get one free), and [...]

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