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I have a love-hate relationship with French wines. Some are stunningly great in quality and superb values as well, while others are...

Mid-May to mid-October is the summer season in Florida. That means five months of hot and humid weather, with daily thunderstorms in the...

Hurricane Ian slammed into the southwest coast of Florida last Wednesday with the eye passing about 60 miles south of where we live here...

Bon Appetit magazine is one of the premier cooking magazines in the country and each issue ends with an article that interviews a famous...

Laurie and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary earlier this week – woohoo!! Since Laurie is the main reason I now have a food,...

Well, it’s been one year since I posted my first blog! I thought it would be fun to share some of my thoughts on blogging and what I’ve...

I have to admit I’m partial to white and pink wines when the weather is hot, but I still like a nice red wine with burgers on the grill...

My mom, Shirley Geis, passed away last week at the age of 88. Given that she was the best mom ever, I wanted to honor her in this week’s...

OK, now that we have covered everything associated with planning the perfect wine tasting dinner for friends and family in my last two...

Last week I covered some of the basics of how to plan a wine tasting dinner for friends and family. In this week’s blog, I’ll share some...

Most people think they could never host a wine tasting dinner, either because they don’t know enough about wine, or they believe it would...

You can make wine out of pretty much any fruit or vegetable. One of my favorite alternative “wines” are hard ciders made from apples, but...

Laurie and I did a lot of planning for retirement, including both financial and life planning. One thing we didn’t consider was how...

Memorial Day is almost here, and with it the unofficial start of summer! In addition to providing an occasion to honor all of those who...

Well, I made it to 60! I hit that significant milestone last week as a retiree and without any serious health issues over the past six...

It’s time to celebrate all of the moms out there who bring so much love and joy into the world! And what better way to do that than to...

In last week’s blog post, I covered the basics of tasting wine properly along with some general thoughts on why taking the time to really...

You can certainly enjoy a glass of wine by simply sipping it without really thinking about what you are drinking. But truly enjoying and...

Inflation is raging these days and we are all looking for ways to save some money to make our dollars go farther. Luckily, there are...

I miss Virginia wines. I miss living less than an hour from Virginia wine country and dozens of great wineries producing world-class...