Category: wine

Tasting Notes: Brown Bagging It at JavaMonkey

Cecilia
17
Oct
2010
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In Mindfulness there’s a concept called Beginner’s Mind, wherein you shelve preconceptions, expectations, and interpretations and experience things as though you’re seeing, hearing, or – most importantly for this post – tasting them for the very first time. I think I got my first inkling of this in graduate school, when the newest darts player …

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Tasting Notes: Big Ass Reds at JavaMonkey

Cecilia
12
Jan
2010
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What is a “Big Ass” red? I’m pretty sure that’s not a technical wine term, so I’ll give you my definition. A “Big Ass Red” is a wine that warms you to the bone on cold days like this past week. It could be because of style — lots of fruit — or just straight-up …

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Random Thoughts: What I cooked this weekend and what I’m drinking tonight

Cecilia
18
Aug
2008
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I poured at the Sherlock’s wine tasting in Decatur yesterday. It was wines from Burgundy. I accidentally left my list there, so I can’t blog on the wines, but they weren’t that interesting. Yes, this would definitely be a case of: too much going on, too little mental space for it. I have ten working …

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Brutal Blends: Java Monkey Thursday Wine Series 6/12/08

Cecilia
18
Jun
2008
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Last Thursday’s wine tasting was a first: everyone I talked to who had been there woke up in some discomfort. Poor Hubby had a touch of a stomach virus, so I’m not sure if he was truly hung over or not, but he was hurting along with the rest of us. At least he got …

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Oenophile at large: Restaurant Review of La Grotta Ravinia, Thai Tour of Decatur

Cecilia
11
May
2008
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This past week allowed me the opportunity to go to one of those dinners at a nice restaurant that someone else pays for, and all I have to do is listen to a talk. Am I a food slut? Maybe, but I really enjoyed my dinner at La Grotta Ravinia, which is at the Crowne …

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Oenophile at Large: Restaurant Adventures

Cecilia
08
Apr
2008
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Last Friday’s dismal weather gave us the excuse to stay in town and celebrate one of our friends getting his architect’s license. It will be interesting to see how well it works for picking up chicks at bars. After some revelry, Hubby and I decided to head toward the Inman Park/Old Fourth Ward areas for …

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Tasting Notes: Pinot Noirs at Java Monkey’s Thursday Night Tasting 3/27/08

Cecilia
08
Apr
2008
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Wow, there’s nothing like sitting down to write a blog entry and having one’s husband come in with a red-stained shirt saying something in a fake Italian accent about having to hurt someone. Unfortunately this tasting notes entry isn’t about the Sangiovese brothers or their cousin Chianti, but rather Pinot Noir, who is quite the …

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