Wines for the Weekend: Finding Value
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiYikes! Prices for everything are going up, and rapidly. Gasoline, food, clothing. Even houses in certain locations. NPR reports that housing near Metro Stations in Washington, DC and Atlanta are actually rising as more and more people are willing to pay more for a house so they can get out of thier cars. (Toscano and […]
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Wines for the Weekend: Giving Back
Categories: Life & Style, Around Town, Real Estate News
hiThere are so many important causes in our community, in fact throughout the world. Many of my fellow wine and food aficionados support our favorite charities by donating ( and buying back) parts of our wine collections. Many charity events have been built around the theme of wine and food, and some have turned into […]
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Wines for the Weekend: Restaurant wine lists
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiWine with your meal; it’s meant to be. But sometimes finding one in a restaurant can be a daunting task. In the bad old days your server would drop a big old leather-bound volume on your table with your menu and leave you without a clue. Sure, you could look for the […]
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Wines for the Weekend: Pinot Noir, Tough Love
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiProbably no other wine grape is so heartily praised and at the same time cursed as Pinot Noir. It has been famously dubbed “the heartbreak grape” because it is so difficult to grow, to vinify, and to find truly great examples of what may be the most wonderful wine in the world. But if you […]
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Wines for the Weekend: The American Grape?
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hiZinfandel is a variety of red grape that was long considered “America’s vine and wine”. It is most commonly associated with California and is grown in almost all parts of that state. It is also grown in 14 other states from Massachusetts to Arizona. It has a long and interesting history in America, starting with […]
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Wines for the Weekend Followup: Sparkling & Champagne
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiBy now you are aware that several of the big Champagne Houses of France branched out to California many years ago. One Cava producer from Spain did also. Roederer Estate is from the house that makes Cristal. Chandon is from the good folks at Moet Chandon, makers of Dom Perignon. […]
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Wines for the Weekend, The Holidays, and Gifting: Champagne!
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiNothing seems to create an atmosphere of celebration more than the popping of a champagne cork. This fabulous drink has created its very own mystique of pleasure and partying. It is ubiquitous from South Beach clubs to professional sports locker rooms. It’s used to launch ships, marriages, business start-ups and retirement parties, celebrate wins, anniversaries, and New […]
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Wines for the Weekend (and more): Give Thanks
Categories: Life & Style, Front Page, Real Estate News
hiThe French are terrific marketers. Today (11/15/2007) is the international release of Beaujolais Nouveau. Beaujolais is a part of Burgundy in France that produces very specific wines. The French government dictates what kind of grapes can be grown in each region. So when you are drinking a French wine you know what you are getting by […]
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Hooray for Traffic Circles in South Gables
Categories: Coral Gables, Community Information, Real Estate News
hiThe quality of life in South Coral Gables has risen again with the addition of several traffic circles. With four on Hardee and two on Maynada, the neighborhood has become so much easier to navigate.
Traffic backups in this tiny part of The Gables started after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and have been increasing […]
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Brickell Avenue: The Center of Our Universe
Categories: Condo Communities, Downtown Brickell, Real Estate News
hiLocation, location, location! December will mark 20 years for me in The Magic City. Back then I remember telling all my buyers that Brickell Avenue was the best location in Miami because you were always just 15 minute from everywhere. These clients were business people from South America and Europe, young professionals just starting out with jobs […]
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