This is my birthday week, which is likely why I’ve been craving Champagne, my favorite thing to drink in times of celebration. The best way to kick off a celebration of any sort is a toast. While toasting as a social drinking activity is almost always a good idea, obviously some toasts are more appropriate in certain situations than others. In my experience, toasts start off nice, usually witty, and become more sentimental or raunchy as the night continues, predictably melding into some amusing hybrid of the two. Continue reading Great Toasts for Momentous Occasions
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Seeking value wine for the wine lover
Grocery stores often have the strategic marketing technique of placing their alcohol selection near the check-out registers. On, say, a Monday morning, this would make little difference to me. But I don’t grocery shop on Monday mornings. I grocery shop when I’m out of food and I’m hungry, and for whatever cruel reason that tends to be at the end of a long day, usually a workday—the sort of day when dinner is much better complimented with wine or beer, rather than water. Continue reading Seeking value wine for the wine lover