July Wine Pick: La Vis Dipinti 2013 Pinot Grigio

This WINE PICK of the month was written for the Luke's of Cape Cod website. Before I found this wine I never thought I could fall in love with an Italian Pinot Grigio. Yet here I am, in love with an Italian Pinot Grigio. La Vis Dipinti is made in the Dolomites, way up north in Trentino Alto Adige. Dipinti translates from Italian to paintings in English. Its...

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Dean Martin says you're not drunk just yet

You're not drunk if you can lie of the floor without holding on. - Dean Mar...

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Sulfites in wine: the truth you may not like

This is what your wine guy thinks of your sulfite kick but won't tell you: It's true. I know you've made this life decision but you're wrong and being as foolish as the I-don't-have-celiac-disease-but-I'm-gluten-free trend. Sorry, but somebody had to tell you. There's about 400 parts per million sulfites in a salad. There's about 40 parts per million sulfites in a...

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Captain Picard on Cape Cod's First Crush Winery

Frolicking children on a wine label might not be the best idea. It's not just me, Jean-Luc agree...

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Distill Wars Episode II: Whisky vs Whiskey

So they think the original way to spell the name of the spirit in question was Whiskey. Then the Scots dropped the E and started calling theirs Whisky just to be different from the Irish. You know, to be unique. Like when somebody names their kid Jordyn, forever burdening them with a lifetime of correcting people. I love, and always have loved, Scotch whisky. The problem with great Scotch is it's too fucking expensive. Back in my early-to-mid-twenties,...

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Rosé these days. Sheesh.

I'm a sucker for dry rosé. Very rarely will I find one that I don't like. But dear lord, the hype window each spring is so small, is only for the last years vintage, and there's too damn many of them! By the time June comes around you can't give away the leftovers, and the following spring you've still got a shit ton of the old vintage that nobody wants! #RETAILPR...

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The Adventures of Aglianico - A Complete History of an Ancient Wine

Last fall I was just starting an all-out-crazy-study-campaign to get my CSW. I knew my stuff but I didn't know my stuff if I did not sell it. During Thanksgiving dinner my dad asked if I knew of any wines from Avellino. His father's father came over from Sicily and his father's mother came over from Ireland, while his mother's side was from Avellino, Italy. I don't know...

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June Wine Pick: Grace Lane 2011 Riesling

This WINE PICK of the month was written for the Luke's of Cape Cod website. The first vines were planted in Yakima Valley in 1863 and in 1983 it became the first AVA established in Washington State. Planting the vineyards on the hill slopes near the Cascade Mountains gives the vines the perfect angle for sunlight to take full advantage of Washington's...

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