Category: Best of AWB
Flavor Profiles – Food and Wine
I have two sons, age 17 and 13, who are both well on their way to being excellent cooks. However, just as in almost everything in life, they have totally different approaches. My eldest, Alex, loves to experiment. If he ...
Break-Up Wine: Do You Own a Bottle of Spite?
My first visit to "Wine Country" was when I was dating a guy who lived in California. He was; to put it politely, extremely "frugal." To be honest, he was a cheap-ass bastard. He had a problem with paying the ...
Why do I hate Sandra Lee so much?
Truth be told, I do not really hate Sandra Lee. She has never done me, or anyone I love, harm. For all I know she may be a perfectly wonderful person, someone who spends her every off camera waking hour ...
Customer Service: A Tale of Two Bartenders
While we were in San Francisco on our way to the Russian River Wine Road Barrel tasting, we stayed at the Hotel Triton, a funky little boutique hotel just on the edge of Chinatown. Prior to having dinner with our ...
Leaving Occidental
The worst part about going to California, for me at least, is that I have to leave it. I am originally from Ohio, and still love the place. I live in Houston, and Texas has its charms, but ever since ...
Toasting my Father, Six Months After Ike
We live in Clear Lake, south of Houston, along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. And there's a reason we live in an area prone to hurricanes. In 1999 my mother had open-heart surgery. Soon after her quadruple by-pass, I ...
To Hell with States’ Rights! – Part I
...especially when it comes to laws restricting the sale of out-of-state wine! There are a number of states that make it next to impossible for a consumer to get wine direct-shipped to her. Most states enact and maintain these laws purportedly ...
Wine, Writing and a Woman Named Lucinda
Last night Amy and I attended the Lucinda Williams show in downtown Houston. She was amazing, and a lot of her lyrics have been running through my head ever since. One song in particular seems to be playing on a ...
The Fine Art of Giving Back
Given the uncertainty of the economy and debate about the "stimulus package," I find myself in discussions about the government's "taking" resources from one set of Americans and giving it to another. There are those who favor less taxation; and those who ...
Miles to Go Before I Sleep…
I got a call from my brother before Christmas and he asked me to recommend a bottle of wine. My cell rang while I was driving, and since Houston traffic is scary even when one is not on the phone, ...
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