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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Nov. 6

First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Nov. 6

Event: The usual great selection of 6 wines were presented. Many celebrated First Friday with some great wines that are easy on your pocketbook.
Where: Wine World, 133 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, SC
803-279-9522
When: Friday, Nov. 6, 5 to 8 pm
Cost: $4, with rebate on the purchase of 1 bottle of the featured wines.
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Celebrating the …. heck it was a poop

Celebrating the …. heck it was a poop

Peter Lehman Borassa Shiraz 2005
There are times in your life that you just have to sit and have a celebration. Not a get up and whoop it up kind of celebration and invite the neighbors. I’m talking about the kind of celebration where you take stock of your life and evaluate where you are. [...]

Another Lost Vineyard that is an insult to Italy

Another Lost Vineyard that is an insult to Italy

Lost Vineyard Sangiovese
Couple of weeks ago I posted about the Lost Vineyard Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon. I gave it 1 cork. This, as I mentioned before, was after really enjoying the Lost Vineyard’s Malbec/Bonarda. The response I got from Mrs. Dan from the Shiraz/Cabernet Sauv was “our cheap wine tastes like a chemical dump.” With [...]