Funny

World’s First Meteorite-Aged Wine.

Norwich-born Ian Hutcheon (NB: I KNEW it would be a Brit behind this!) has released a Cabernet Sauvignon called Meteorito, aged with a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite from the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. The “extra-terrestrial wine” was created at Hutcheon’s Tremonte Vineyard in the Cachapoal Valley in Chile, which he bought in 2009. “I’ve been involved in wines and astronomy for many, many years and I wanted to find some way of combining the…

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Pairing Wine with the Cast of Jersey Shore.

REEEEEPOST!!! This is another post that never made it over to the website from when I had it redesigned over a year ago. I promise I’ll keep posts of this nature (i.e. low in substance, high in humor) few and far between! It’s just a little fun… In case you’ve been under a rock, here’s a quick summary of what Jersey Shore is all about: Jersey Shore is a reality television series on MTV that…

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A Round Up of 2011

I thought it only appropriate to close out 2011 with a post that summed up the whole year. So this is it. Right here. I would like to give a big thanks to everyone who has continued to follow my progress. This website is a lot of fun, but I wouldn’t have the passion to do it if I didn’t think people were getting some pleasure, and maybe a little information out of reading it….

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A Redneck Christmas.

Christmas is a CRAZY time for most people, and I’m no exception, therefore this post has taken a few days to get together. I hope you all (or should I say “y’all”, with an English accent) had a great Christmas! It just seemed to zip by, well, at least did for me! It feels like we only JUST put our tree up! Now we have to take the bloody-thing down again….Christmas was soooo much easier…

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What Your New Year Wine Resolutions Should Be…

Drink more bubbles. Self explanatory… Give Riesling a chance. It ain’t all as sweet as you think! Buy at least one bottle of wine each month from a grape, or region that you’re not familiar with. Open your mind! Do a little research on a wine before or after you drink it. I’m here to help! Buy from small, local, independent wine retailers. Will their prices be a few $’s more expensive? Maybe. Will you…

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