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Archive for January, 2012

Valentine’s Day: Pairings with Chocolate

Friday, January 27th, 2012 Tags: beer, chocolate, fortified wine, moscato d'asti, port, porter, sparkling wine, stout
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Universal Whisky Experience

Saturday, January 21st, 2012 Tags: Mahesh Patel, Universal Whisky Experience
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How to Cure Scurvy

Sunday, January 15th, 2012 Tags: Boston Bual, Charleston Sercial, fortified wine, Madeira, New York Malmsey, Rare Wine Co., Rare Wine Company, Savannah Vedelho, wine
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A New Cask of Character at Beltramo’s

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 Tags: Bourbon, cocchi vermouth, Eagle Rare, The Manhattan, Whiskey
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Bargain Wines January 2012

Saturday, January 7th, 2012 Tags: Australian Wine, Barbera d’Asti, Barolo, Cabernet, Certified Bio-dynamic grapes, Côtes du Rhône, French Wine, Italian wine, Lambrusco, Red Wine, Rhône wine, Riesling, Spanish Wine, sparkling wine, Vietti, white wine
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