"You think you know me well, well you don't know me…"

by Katie Gomez November 16, 2009

A Thanksgiving meal is something I’ve appreciated much more often in theory than in execution. Coming from a Cuban family was more than a little weird because commonplace dishes always seemed to be replaced by those my relatives were more comfortable serving. The turkey had suddenly morphed into roasted pig, the stuffing looked a lot […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach…"

by Katie Gomez November 11, 2009
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"I do things I never should do, I drink much more than I ought to drink…"

by Katie Gomez November 11, 2009

It’s hard to be taken seriously by winemakers when fellow bloggers are drowning you out, requesting marital statuses, ages and favorite sexual positions. OK, the last one wasn’t exactly accurate, but 5 wines into the online Wines of Chile tasting, I was seriously doubting whether anyone was spitting instead of swallowing—yes, I’m still talking about […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "And looking up I noticed I was late…"

by Katie Gomez November 5, 2009
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"Sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight…"

by Katie Gomez November 2, 2009

Saturday morning, approx. 3:30am. I had a dream that officially certified me as both a wine and music geek. As you read this you will either nod your head in sympathy or shake your head in disbelief. Either way, it’s my job to let you delve a little further into the recesses of my warped […]

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"And the ship sails on, back to the North, through the fog and ice…"

by Katie Gomez October 30, 2009

The cold that surrounded me as they hoisted me onto the trawler in the darkness of early morning, was a cold that stabbed at your head like shards of glass from a shattered beer bottle. It pierced its way through every crevice and permeated every pore of my skin as they tied me down to […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "I love the way you break my skin…"

by Katie Gomez October 21, 2009
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"All the dishes rattle in the cupboard when the elephants arrive…"

by Katie Gomez October 15, 2009

I’ve got a list of shit I desperately want to tell you about, notes stuck everywhere about posts that need to be written, but the dust will have to gather on those for a couple more days while I rant about a “little guy” getting shafted by big industry. Imagine for a minute that you’re […]

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"We're just talkin' about the future, forget about the past…"

by Katie Gomez October 13, 2009

“In Spain, we often joke that there are 2 plights we can thank Americans for,” he said when asked about changing wine styles in Spain, “phylloxera and Robert Parker—and the second one is more dangerous.” The classroom broke out into a loud chuckle, because when you’re spending 3 intensive days trying to remember things like […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "It's only words, and words are all I have…"

by Katie Gomez October 7, 2009
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