Palate Cleanser
Palate Cleanser is a weekly newsletter about resetting, refining, and savoring what matters.
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a sunday kind of pour: vol. 003 (opens the original)
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a weekend of wine, wings, and nature walks (opens the original)
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a sunday kind of pour: vol. 002 (opens the original)
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I started writing this as I was waiting to board my very delayed flight from Denver back home to Chicago, so please pardon the brevity and delay of today’s post.After too many hours in the airport, I am grateful to be home. The last several days were spent in the beautiful mountains of Vail, Colorado - a 64-year-old ski resort town two hours southwest of the state’s capital. I’m going to provide a full recap of my time in Vail later this week, but for now, here are a couple of my favorites from
a sunday kind of pour: vol. 001 (opens the original)
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A little over a year ago, I co-hosted a wine walk with my fellow wine enthusiast, Cornelius Lee, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in May. With almost 30 people in attendance, we celebrated National Wine Day by visiting four Logan Square wine bars: Deep Red Merchants, Webster Wine Bar, Easy Does It, and Middle Brow. A Sunday Kind of Pour was truly a labor of love, and it left my glass (and heart) feeling full. It was a combination of my favorite day, favorite wine spots in the city I love, and my
Jhené, Chardonnay, and calling myself in. (opens the original)
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I had a totally different objective for the essay I was going to publish today.With Jhené Aiko’s “B.S.” on repeat and my favorite glass filled with Chardonnay, last night I began typing out some very strong thoughts in response to someone’s opinion about wine and community (or the lack thereof).But as I lay me down to sleep, the Holy Spirit tapped on my heart and was like, “Aht, aht! You don’t need to respond to that.”</p
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