Wines Not To Drink For Thanksgiving


Originally posted on the drunken cyclist:
Thanksgiving is this week here in the U.S. and that means that just about every wine blog in the country will have a post on what wines to serve at Thanksgiving. They will all cite the fact that it is near impossible to find a single “perfect” wine that will…

I changed the site name


Welcome to Been there Eating this – the new name for my travel and food blog. For some time it has bothered me that my old site, Been There Reading This was not quite right as I had not posted a book I was reading for a long time. What I write about here is…

Pinots for Princes


Originally posted on the drunken cyclist:
Brace yourself. I am about to make a bold statement: I like Pinot. Yeah, I know, it blows your hair back a bit. As I have written countless times on this blog, my first real love in wine was and is champagne, but the bubbles only account for about…

Faites Votre Choix….


Originally posted on CHEAP WINE CURIOUS:
My friend and Napa county neighbor, the Traveling Wine Chick, had the winner’s honor of picking the theme for this Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #MWWC19 . I can only hope the dissertation I am about to put forth is worthy of her motif – “choice.” I had the good fortune of…

I have dreamed of this meal my whole life


I have dreamed of going to Italy, today I finally made it. Got in after dark due to some navigating issues, then headed out for food. It was amazing, the only thing that would have made it a lot better was if Tricia could have been there, the part I wish was different about my…