Confessions of a Would-be Gourmand and Jetsetter

I have a love/hate relationship with Mercy Wine Bar in Addison.
To be fair, it’s probably not their fault. Addison carries with it the same pretention that uptown now does, but the city does it with broad strokes and deft swoops, like those of a master painter. It attracts the “thirty thousand dollar millionaires” like no [...]

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Last week I bummed around San Francisco for a bit with friends, and while it was fun, one of the big things I wanted to was head out to Sonoma County and torment the tasting room managers there. I think this was accomplished spectacularly during our visit to the Russian River area.
I started with no [...]

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