Caroline: a dark poem for a darkling season

Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 Wine Tasting

When the light of Summer fades, the heart can grow restless - and Love, like the lengthening nights of Autumn, can drift despairingly into shadows. Caroline The wind that whips The cold that bites On chilly North Dakota nights Urges me on My spirit warms As I know I’ll soon be in your arms You tease my heart You fill my mind I crave your [...]

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Links for 2009-09-09 [del.icio.us]

Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 Wine Tasting

• Flickr Photo: Romp thru the Redwoods

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Rue Saint Jacques San Francisco

Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 Wine Tasting

via vids.localwineevents.com From Video Juice: Jazzy. Gustatory. Sensational. Destination. Posted via web from winehiker’s posterous

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Flickr Photo: Romp thru the Redwoods

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 Wine Tasting

via flickr.com Happy winehikers, cavorting along a woodsy path on a late-September morning. These folks joined me last year; would you like to join me this year? If so, you’ll find all the details on my Romp through the Redwoods page. ~winehiker Posted via web from winehiker’s posterous

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Links for 2009-09-07 [del.icio.us]

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 Wine Tasting

• A shadow draws near

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A shadow draws near

Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2009 Wine Tasting

The late-Summer post-Labor Day season has always been my favorite time of year for traveling. Kids are back in school, the highways are less trafficked and the pace of Time seems to shift dramatically from the hectic to the serene. Though the nights can be chillier, there are often three to four good weeks remaining of [...]

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Links for 2009-09-06 [del.icio.us]

Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2009 Wine Tasting

• Click to Protect Threatened Wolves, for free
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• The Dinner Garden, providing seeds for food for families and communities.
  The Dinner Garden is creating communities where families spend time together in a productive way and children learn that they can create something beautiful and useful to their family.

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Links for 2009-09-05 [del.icio.us]

Date: Sun, Sep 6, 2009 Wine Tasting

• Homemade Spa Treatments
  From The Latest Dish: Don’t let the rotten economy ruin your looks. With these easy spa recipes you can maintain a fresh-from-the-spa glow for just pennies.
• Getting a Massage: Do's and Don'ts
  From Diva Toolbox: Massage is a wonderful way to relax, de-stress, and improve your health. Remember these Dos and Don’ts and you’re sure to have a consistently great experience.
• Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur California
  Nestled on the cliffs of Big Sur, California, Post Ranch Inn provides the ultimate accommodations for that vacation getaway.

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Links for 2009-09-02 [del.icio.us]

Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2009 Wine Tasting

• Heart's Fire 2006 Petite Sirah

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This Sunday: tiny Heart’s Fire Winery labors while you taste

Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 Wine Tasting

The Heart’s Fire 2006 Petite Sirah is made from grapes sourced at Rhodes Vineyard in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County. The tiny Heart’s Fire Winery occupies not much more than 400 square feet of shared warehouse space in Campbell, California - via flickr.com The husband-and-wife teams of Kristin & Brian Link and Julie & Dan Scheve of [...]

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Links for 2009-08-27 [del.icio.us]

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009 Wine Tasting

• The 2006 Township 7 Cabernet Sauvignon

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San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival

Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 Wine Tasting

The 6th annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is a five-day wine and food extravaganza featuring 170 world-class wineries and spirit producers, 70 of San Diego’s award-winning fine dining restaurants offering gourmet foods, celebrity chefs, wine dinners, cooking classes, and live silent auctions, personalities, and unlimited food and wine tastings. It is the [...]

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The 2006 Township 7 Cabernet Sauvignon

Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 Wine Tasting

via flickr.com Winemaker Bradley Cooper of Penticton, British Columbia, produces exquisite wines from the south Okanagan Valley, including this delicious handcrafted small-lot Cabernet, of which he made 752 cases. I simply adore this wine’s cherry, coffee and cola overtones, especially when enriched by a broad silkiness on the palate and an enduring finish that will cause [...]

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Links for 2009-08-24 [del.icio.us]

Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 Wine Tasting

• Wine Coolers 101
• reBlog from stsupery.com:

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