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- Airlie Gardens summer concert series: Under the BAO
Airlie Gardens, with its acres of natural beauty, is one of Wilmington’s great treasures. And its finest feature is the magnificent Airlie Oak, a tree that sprouted the same year Michelangelo became the chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica.
- To Italy and Home Again In About Two Hours
Though we didn’t really travel to Italy last Wednesday night, mentally and sensually we were traipsing through the volcanic ash-enriched vines of Taburno and tasting the dark, rich cherries of Puglia as they burst in our mouths, all while attending an Italian Wine Class hosted by the Wilmington Wine Shoppe.
- Great Bargain Wine from Tidal Creek
Yesterday at Tidal Creek, grocery manager Craig Harris peered into my basket and spotted the bottle of 2005 Excelsior Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa I was buying then suggested I try a Cabernet from Washington State with a price tag of $6.99 ( half the cost of the Excelsior). I am delighted […]
- It was the wine talking
We went last night to a distributor wine tasting that the Wilmington Wine Shoppe has every Thursday night and quickly fell into conversation with a wonderful, tipsy Russian named Luba, who was living in Sunset Beach, who loved Checkov and Putin and followed Turgenev’s footsteps around Baden Baden, where the great writer desperately pursued his […]
- Interview with Paul D’Angelo, owner of the Wilmington Wine Shoppe
Several times during my visit with Paul D’Angelo of the Wilmington Wine Shoppe (google map), I had to resist the urge to reach over the counter and pinch him just to make sure he was real. Paul is now the solo owner of the store and he is absolutely charming. With a background in the […]