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Ernesto’s Wine Bar, Saint Louis, MO

Several months back, there was a Groupon for a restaurant named Ernesto’s Wine Bar in Saint Louis, MO. This restaurant and bar is located in the Benton Park neighbourhood, which is just off of the 55 motorway near the Anheuser-Busch brewery. Though their food menu isn’t very extensive–consisting of primarily some appetisers, flatbreads, salads, and …

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Wine tasting review – 25 August 2012

Today, the tasting at Hope Valley Bottle Shop focused on some juicy French wines (two whites, one sparkling rosé, and two reds). As I am moving away from the Triangle this Friday (31 August 2012), this was my last tasting at HV Bottle Shop. That is sad, as the owner of the shop–Drew–was always incredibly …

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Wine tasting review – 18 August 2012

After the surprise tasting yesterday, today brought me back to the regularly-scheduled weekly wine tasting at HV Bottle Shop. The wines today were all from Argentina, three from Mendoza, one from La Rioja, and one from Patagonia (Rio Negro). Wines are discussed from right to left The first wine of the day was a 2011 …

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