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    • Vuelta a España por Vaso 2015
      • Stage 1: Puerto Banús to Marbella (Team Time Trial)
      • Stage 2: Alhaurín de la Torre to Caminito del Rey
      • Stage 3: Mijas to Málaga
      • Stage 4: Estepona to Vejer de la Frontera
      • Stage 5: Rota to Alcalá de Guadaíra
      • Stage 6: Córdoba to Cazorla
      • Stage 7: Jódar to La Alpujarra
      • Stage 8: Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia
      • Stage 9: Torrevieja to Cumbre del Sol
      • Stage 10: Valencia to Castellón
      • Stage 11: Andorra La Vella to Cortais d’Encamp
      • Stage 12: Escaldes-Engordany to Lleida
      • Stage 13: Calatayud to Tarazona
      • Stage 14: Vitoria-Gasteiz to Alto Campoo-Fuente del Chivo
      • Stage 15: Comillas to Sotres. Cabrales
      • Stage 16: Luarca to Ermita del Alba-Quirós
      • Stage 17: Burgos (Individual Time Trial)
      • Stage 18: Roa to Riaza
      • Stage 19: Medina del Campo to Ávila
      • Stage 20: San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla
      • Stage 21: Alcalá de Henares to Madrid
    • Tour de France by the Glass 2015
      • Stage 1: Le Grand Départ – Individual Time Trial (Utrecht, Netherlands)
      • Stage 2: Utrecht to Zelande
      • Stage 3: Antwerp to Mur de Huy
      • Stage 4: Seraing to Cambrai
      • Stage 5: Arras to Amiens
      • Stage 6: Abbeville to Le Havre
      • Stage 7: Livarot to Fougères The Heart of Normandy
      • Stages 8 and 9
      • Stage 10: Tarbes to La Pierre-St. Martin
      • Stage 11: Pau to Cauterets/Vallée de Saint Savin Peril in the Pyrénées!
      • Stage 12: Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille
      • Stage 13: Muret to Rodez
      • Stage 16: Bourg-de-Péages to Gap
      • Stage 17: Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup
      • Stage 18: Gap to Saint Jean-de-Maurienne
      • Stage 19: Saint Jean de Maurienne to La Toussuire – Les Sybelles
      • Stage 20: Modane-Valfréjus to Alpe d’Huez
      • Stage 21: The Peloton Reaches Paris
    • Tour de France by the Glass 2016
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Adjusting to the winter weather requires an old-fashioned meal of grilled ham and cheese with cream of tomato soup. And a crisp white wine (100% Jacquère) from the Savoie region of France was the perfect partner. As we sipped, Gabe and I imagined ourselves slope-side, watching the skiers schuss by! What’s your favorite snow day pairing?
One of the most precious moments of the holidays: all of us siblings together with our Aunt Pat and Uncle George. I’m still coasting on the good vibes of the past two weeks, hoping that 2022 brings more of the same.
Our first dinner of 2022 is a wrap! We enjoyed the last drops of Taittinger as the maple-Dijon pork loin roasted; Gabe opened the lovely Bordeaux Blanc from Famille Hubert as I prepped the salad. Not bad for a rainy night in NYC!
What better way to start the new year (and give the old one a shove out the door) than with fresh grilled seafood and a bottle of Meursault-Charmes?
Snow flurries this morning! Perfect way to close out our holiday weekend. Been quite a while since I’ve seen snow, so it’s a joyful sight to me! Have a great week, everyone.
Christmas Eve began with a sisters’ Champagne toast followed by a dinner of slow-roasted pork shoulder and herbed potatoes. Add a bottle of Barbera d’Asti and it was all good! Happy holidays to all!

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