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The Ogre
- May 7, 2017
- 1 min
Old World Meet Up
How many "old world" wine fans do we have out there? For those that enjoy, have an appreciation or would like to deepen your knowledge/appreciation for them by learning more about the varietals associated with, regional styles, terrior, etc please contact us through our email. We are considering putting together a monthly meet up group where we can share our experiences, knowledge and of course wine with each other in hopes of learning new things and deepening our understandi
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The Ogre
- Apr 4, 2017
- 4 min
Can't All Be Rose
During the course of a week we may taste up to 100 different wines if not more. With so many wines and so little space, how do we decide what to bring in to present to you? Aside from having our sales people fight gladiator style in the back parking lot, It's a tough decision each time we are presented with vino. Something has got really stand out. You can get Green Giant veggies in almost every grocery store and then there's the veggies you pick up from a local farm sta
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The Ogre
- Feb 5, 2017
- 3 min
Delicato Family Vineyards
Last week we were paid a visit by our salesperson Deb who introduced us to Teresa from DFV Wines (http://www.delicato.com). You might be familiar with their endless portfolio of brand name wines which include the popular Gnarly Head, Bella Ambiance, 337 and Bota Box to name just a few. While one might think that a "supermarket" wine might fall into the "generic" category of mass produced wines associated with yellow kangaroos and four liter jugs, I would defend that DFV does
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