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Mrs. Grapeinabottle and I are very excited today, as we are trying a new restaurant with friends tonight:  The Ravenous Pig , an American Gastropub.  As I previewed the menu online I was surprised to find quite a nice wine selection.  There are over forty red wines on the menu alone.  I did not expect [...]

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As the Vice Presidential debate nears tonight we are anxiously awaiting the “show.” On the menu: Biden versus Palin, and we find ourselves, Mr. and Mrs. Grapeinabottle, without a single bottle of wine in the house. We each thought the other party would stop at the store and fill this need, but I guess [...]

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We are so excited at Casa Wine tonight because my wife found a great  wine accessory, the Elite Trudeau vacuum wine pump. This comes with two reusable wine toppers with indicators to ensure a complete seal, and can preserve your wine for up to a week. We have used other wine vacuum pump [...]

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I’m glad I had this bottle of Ashwood Grove Shiraz 2006 tonight.  I was registering for a work conference and discovered the hotel was fully booked.  Mrs. Grapeinabottle and I needed to find a solution to this dilemma. Wine always helps us brainstorm to a creative answer. The conference web site [...]

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I will be the first to categorize myself as a skeptic; to most questions,  I would normally answer no. Of course, people are always trying to get you to try their product by any means possible. We’ve all gotten the “open immediately; sensitive material enclosed” junk mail, or the new and improved version [...]

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