Wine & Words

It's New Years Eve day and that makes us think of sparkling wines and resolutions.
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Chef Yvonne and I spent a quiet Christmas day at North Creek. We phone chatted with family in Germany, France, England, Philadelphia, Raleigh and Tucson. And the grilled salmon went marvelously well with the last bottle of 2002 Martin Family Russian River Pinot Noir.
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Back when Thanksgiving weekend ushered in the holiday "shopping season" I compared it to the feeling of driving along the Niagara river approaching the falls. The surge and rush of heading toward a precipitous climax. But I didn't tell you about Niagara Falls in winter on a really cold night.
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With all the media discussion about whether this is a "good" holiday season or a "bad" one for merchants, I've started to reflect on how those qualities are measured. Seems like particularly in these "bad" economic times, the only measurement I hear is quantitative - "how much." Now, I watch the numbers here, for sure.
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As I came across the Pantego Creek Bridge this morning, the fog was so heavy that it looked like a "bridge to nowhere." Now there are some who say Belhaven is "nowhere." But you know it's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that's bound to be up there somewhere.
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There are big doings in Washington this weekend, as downtown kicks off the holiday season.

Today (Friday) is the opening of the Beaufort County Arts Council's Holiday Arts & Crafts Show at the Washington Civic Center from noon until 8:00. And at 8:00 at the Turnage Theater, there's a Heart of the City Holiday Concert by the Beaufort County Choral Society with the River City Ringers.
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This month our Featured Wines are taking the form of a Holiday Wine Sale. We've put together a list of some of our best wines, wines that will make great holiday gifts or stunning accompaniments to a holiday get-together. We're offering a 20% discount on all of these wines...until they're gone.
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The latest entry in the celebrity wine category is Dan Akroyd.
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