As summer and warm weather finally start to return, here are a few wines I have hand picked for great summer drinking. (92) Picollo Ernesto Gavi 2016 (Italy) This 100% Cortese wine starts off with wonderful bright fruit aromas. Most prevalent on first taste is flavors of Apricot. Overall great acidity but clean refreshing
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: June 3, 2017
OurWine Club had the opportunity to explore the lesser known Argentinian grapes with this month’s selections. Here we go with a brief description of the red and white wines chosen. The red this month is a 2010 El Perseguidor, Mendoza Bonarda. The Bonarda grape may be somewhat foreign to us in the United States, however it is actually
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: February 4, 2017
As promised and finally getting into the swing of things for the new year, here we go with a brief description of the red and white wines chosen for the Wine Club in January. This month we are featuring two delicious and reasonably priced organic wines. The red wine this month is a 2012 Bodegas Iranzo Vertus Tempranillo. Here’s a glimpse into
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: January 14, 2017
Introducing our newest addition to the Wine Blog, a quick review of the wines chosen each month for Yankee’s Wine Club. Here we go with December’s picks. For December we bring you a taste of Italy with the following: For our red wine this month, we offer you a 2015 Gran Appasso. This wine is made from carefully selected
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: December 4, 2016
When this beer came available Mike and I thought it was too unique to pass up. So why not open one up and do a nice quick proper review. Work is hard after all Paradox Beer Company (Divide, CO) Pineapple Upside-Down Sour a.k.a Skully No. 40 89pts Sour Golden Ale Brewed with Pineapple Aged in Rum
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: September 21, 2016
So Mike and I have decided that since Monday mornings can be bit slow why not pop a brew and do a review from time to time. Its hard work opening a beer up before noon on a Monday, but its our job and we do it for you. For the first review we have a new arrival to
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: April 4, 2016
What do you do when New England has its mildest winter in memory. Drive 5 hours north to Vermont for a three day beercation of course, at least if you are me and my 2 friends you do. Time to drop a bit of a photo blog on you. After a long car ride it’s time
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: March 8, 2016
I was awoken fairly early this particular Sunday by my daughter who was having quite the exciting morning. So at 9:30AM it hit me. I had just picked up a few Sunday Morning Stouts from Weyerbacher at our store. I thought I should go ahead and give one of those a try. I never drink beer that early
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: February 29, 2016
I’m sure everyone is aware by now that New England Brewing (NebCo) somewhat recently finished a massive expansion greatly increasing capacity in an attempt to keep up with their ever growing demand. I was there back in November with a friend to check it out just a few short weeks after the brewery reopened their doors.
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: February 26, 2016
To state the obvious I love beer! What you may not know is that on top of owning and operating an awesome liquor store with an incredible craft beer section, in my free time I am a contributing member to the Beverage Dynamics magazine beer review panel. Recently, Ballast Point added a few new fruited beers to
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Filled Under: Beer Posted on: February 19, 2016