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Life

Wine-ing: The Tragedies of a Breakup

So my boyfriend and I recently broke up. It was amicable, which in someways is worse because I can’t just hate him and move on – I can’t hate my best friend.  As you can imagine, better months have existed in my life.

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Ladyguides

Wine-ing: Oh Canada! Okanagan Edition

Welcome back to wine-ing! Feel free to go back to the earlier posts about tasting wine and reading labels, especially if you are new to the wonderful world of Persephone!

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Ladyguides

Wine-ing: A Matter of Taste

So we first looked at labels, and and today I think we need to stop and learn how to actually taste the wine. Drinking wine and tasting wine are different beasts, as I alluded to in my last post. Tasting wine is something that takes hard work! I know, I know, since when should drinking […]

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Food

Green Apple Cheddar Scones

It was my birthday recently and I decided to have a tea party. It was a roaring success, largely due to my delicious new scone recipe. I love scones, all scones. I once dated a British guy for two reasons: his accent, and he could make the best scone (Skawhns, he’d call them). Normally I […]

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Ladyguides

Wine-ing: What Does it All Mean?

So you have some uppity friends that have invited you to a wine tasting. Or, perhaps you are the uppity friends inviting others over for a wine tasting. Maybe you just want to impress others because you’re like that. But one thing is for certain: you are GREAT at drinking wine. Awesome! It’s a good […]