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Category Archives: Personal Stories
When You’ve Lost the Passion…
When I started this blog in 2013, I had big ideas of posting once a week, maybe even twice. I had started on the wine journey, getting ready to do WSET 3 and learning all I could about wine. I … Continue reading →
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Tagged aged, barrel list, caviar, Champagne, Chardonnay, drinking, group, Meunier, Pinot Noir, premium, salmon, tasting, vintage
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Being Thankful
Canadian Thanksgiving is today…and it’s truly one of my favourite holidays! I love the crisp, cool air, the endless sunshine (in these parts, we get a lot) and the panorama of autumn colours is pretty astounding! The Capital Region River … Continue reading →
Posted in Joy of Wine, Personal Stories, wine
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Tagged always, backyard, Canada, Canadian, Chardonnay, drinking, eating, food, friends, my country, Naramata Bench, Okanagan, Pinot Gris, thankful, Thanksgiving, wine
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Quarantine: 14 days of Isolation Wines- Day Two
After surviving day one with happy bubbles watching a Netflix movie or two, reading the latest news on COVID-19, I awake to get ready for work, put my uniform on, and ensure my hand sanitizer is in my purse. What … Continue reading →
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Tagged bottles, bubbly, COVID-19, Cremant, France, isolation, open, quarantine, staying home, virus
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Quarantine: 14 days of Isolation Wines- Day One
Here we are. I’m not the first person to be blogging about COVID-19 in some capacity, and I certainly won’t be the last. Many of us have a lot of time on our hands these days, so writing and now … Continue reading →
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Tagged bottles, bubbly, COVID-19, Cremant, France, isolation, open, quarantine, staying home, virus
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For Such a Time as This
The last two months have been a bit of a whirlwind with two trips to Italy in a month and a half, a job layoff, and now figuring out what to do next in my life. Well, I find myself … Continue reading →
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Tagged bible, Esther, food, job, large, learning, life, personal story, wine
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