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I am back from my nearly a month in Kauai; the northernmost main island of the Hawaiian chain. Most of our time was on the north shore in Princeville. Named Princeville in 1860 in honor of Hawaii’s Crown Prince Albert, this lovely area has been home to sugar...

Since I had just returned from Hawaii after nearly a month, it was good to be back on the show. Kevin will join us the following week so we’ll be back as the tres amigos. For this show just Eddy and I sampled the wines. I though starting with New Mexico wines would be...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on August 21, 2021. The long delay was due to my being on vacation for a month in Hawaii. I know it’s not much of an excuse unless you’ve been there recently after a long drought as we have, but...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on August 14, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on August 7, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on July 31, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on July 24, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on July 17, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on July 10, 2021. We do on-air tasting of one or two wines to illustrate what is available in a particular wine region, or as a contrast of what influence a wine region has on a grape or blend. We...

Normally I do not add a second topic on these blogs, but since we did not get to this section either week we did our sparklers I thought I’d add it as a public service for all those brave souls popping the bubbly. Opening Champagne Safely Optomologists will tell you...