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February 23, 2017 By Tanji Leave a Comment

Taste THESE Wines with NYT Eric Asimov, Cheers!

February 23, 2017 By Tanji Leave a Comment

Most intrepid wine enthusiasts have at least one wine hero. Eric Asimov, the wine critic for the New York Times, is one of mine. In this meet up, we discussed getting out of our comfort zones when it comes to drinking wine…

Filed Under: Eric Asimov, Greater Austin, Greater Houston, Greater San Antonio, Wine Critics, Wine Travels, Wines Tagged With: Eric Asimov, Eric Asimov interview, Helen Greek Food & Wine, Lake Austin Spa, New York Times, New York Times wine critic, NY Times Wine Critic, Spec's, wine critic Eric Asimov, wines

December 10, 2009 By Tanji Leave a Comment

Big Drop in Wine Prices

December 10, 2009 By Tanji Leave a Comment

There’s a silver lining to every cloud, and the sluggish economy has slowed down the sales of higher end wines which means lower prices for wine drinkers…a lot lower. Some higher end wines cost 30% less today than they did at this time last year. And, some of the harder to find wines, are all […]

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January 26, 2009 By Tanji Leave a Comment

I Cheated!

January 26, 2009 By Tanji Leave a Comment

After three weeks of religiously following the Adkins diet, I confess! I cheated this weekend… Mike and I had to be in Houston Friday night for an auto dealers event (Mike’s a headhunter for dealers), and we made a mini-vacation out of it. (I do mean mini) We got a dynamite weekend rate at the […]

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