I hadn’t had a really great wine discovery in a while. Actually, quite a while. And, usually my wine finds have been courtesy of something posted on a website. Not just me out on a search and destroy mission. Anyway, there I was in City Market. Checking out what they...
It’s always been a problem with Don Day’s Wife and I. I want to do it, she doesn’t. I’m talking, of course, about splurging on truffles. “They’ve got fresh ones at City Market, Honey. They’re only $12,000 a kilo. We could get a second mortgage.” Yes, they’re an...
I know my limits when it comes to alcohol. 400 pesos a bottle when I’m drinking at home. 800 pesos a bottle when I’m drinking in a restaurant. It’s not just because I’m cheap. It’s because I don’t have a sophisticated enough palate to warrant climbing any further up...
I was particularly impressed by a couple of wines that won gold recently at the Seléctions Mondiales des Vins Canada and thought I’d tell you why. Now usually when I see a press release from some international wine competition, I’ll see if any of them are affordable...
I had lunch at Terruño, the restaurant at local San Miguel winery, Tres Raíces, a few weeks ago. On my way out, I bought a bottle of one of their reds, their Tempranillo. It was a significant…no, make that very significant…purchase. It was the most...
I did a count today. There are now eleven wineries within an hour of San Miguel de Allende that welcome visitors. Five more if you add a few more minutes to the journey. Pick up a copy of the state government’s “Rutas del Vino de Guanajuato” and you might be tempted...
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