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Bloomington & Vine
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Bloomington & Vine: It’s Good to Celebrate Again With Friends, Food, and Wine
We require celebration in our lives—a lunch or an evening out with friends, a movie at a theater, a live theatrical production, or live…
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Bloomington & Vine: Pinot Noirs—Difficult But Delicious
Pinot noir is perhaps my favorite wine. But there are some pinots I can’t abide, or they can’t abide me.
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Bloomington & Vine: Drink Local Wherever You Are
As the world opens back up to travel, there are great possibilities for wine exploration. And I’m suggesting you ferret out the local wineries…
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Bloomington & Vine: Expand Your Wine Vocabulary
Word is, we are seeing the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Perhaps later this year, perhaps next, we will be able to…
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Bloomington & Vine: Wine in the Time of Pandemic
To say it’s been an interesting year is a huge understatement. It’s been unlike any other in our lifetimes.
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Bloomington & Vine: Keep It Fine, Cellar Your Wine
Where do you keep that special bottle of wine, the one gifted on your birthday or brought back from a European vacation? It’s probably…
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Bloomington & Vine: Visit Wineries Far & Near
Old friends in San Luis Obispo, California, are avid fans of the wines made in their county, so when we visit they enjoy introducing…
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Bloomington & Vine: Find Comfort & Joy With Holiday Wines
The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes—reportedly the happiest people on earth—have a word for coziness and contentment. They call it hygge. Hygge permeates their societies…
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Bloomington & Vine: Apple Wines & Rieslings to Celebrate Autumn Holidays
Summer is over, fall is here, and two major holidays celebrating the harvest season—Halloween and Thanksgiving— are on the way.