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Beating a wine hangover: How to bounce back in 7 easy steps
You did it again, didn’t you? You drank too much freaking wine. It seemed like a good idea at the time, to open that last bottle or order that last glass. Now it’s morning. Your head is pounding, your stomach is wiggling, your eyes feel like they’re glued shut, and your liver was up all…
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Five wine trends I can do without
Wine trends come, wine trends go. But grumpy listicles (like this one) are forever. Which recent wine trends are truly bad, which are merely overexposed, and which are we picking on just to get some easy contrarian clickthroughs? Time to get grumpy and hurt some feelings! Let’s go! Wine Trend I Can Do Without #1:…
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Total Wine’s Grand Reserve status: Worth it?
Today’s blog post combines two of my very favorite topics: Wine (or course) and rewards points/churning. Total Wine is one of the nation’s largest wine retailers–and if you ever shop there, you may know that they have a tiered status/rewards system as part of their loyalty program. The program is officially called “&More Rewards” and…
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Aw, heck. Another wine blog?
This is my “hello world” post, so let’s do it: Hello, wine world! I’m Michelle, a wine lover from Dallas, Texas. In 2024 I decided to start turning my lifelong casual enthusiasts for grape stuff into…something else. A much-needed hobby? A midlife career change? A series of impressive but mostly unused certifications? I’m not really…