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2009: The Year in Review from A to Z

Can’t believe it is already March, unfortunately I’m not all that surprised that I have yet to close out my “2009 Year in Wine” series. I have a few resolutions but want to focus on one here: start spending more time writing about wines (or topics) I enjoy. Upon reflection I realized there were many [...]

2009: The Year in Wine

I kicked off the 2009 year in review by giving thanks to all of you that are reading this today! For the second part of this series I wanted to, much as I did in 2008, take a look across all of the wines I tasted during the year. As much as I would like [...]

2009: The Year in Blogging

With the passing of the New Year it is always good to take a moment to step back and reflect on the year that has passed and look towards the future with fresh eyes and a clean slate. I intend to do that here throughout the month of January. For those that may have more [...]

Adios 2008, Hello 2009

Inspired by Dr. Deb’s question “Have you taken time to review your 2008 wine habits?” in her post on Good Wines Under $20 I decided to take a peak under the hood and look back on 2008.  I have a little home grown application I use to manage and track my inventory which helped me [...]