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CUPCAKE RED VELVET WINE Cupcake Red Velvet wine was unexpectedly excellent! From Livermore, CA the 2011 Cupcake Red Velvet is a blend of red varietals with a Zinfandel base. Released winter of 2012, it was harvested Sept. – Oct. 2011 and has an alcohol content of 13.5%. According to the winemaker, the wine has “fantastic […]

IMPROVING OUR CHILDREN’S HEALTH   Nutrition, education, and food policy affect all of our children. There are so many foods and ingredients that are being put on our grocery store shelves and served at school cafeterias that are banned in other countries. Why are we feeding our children who are growing and developing foods that […]

SUMMER BREEZE // CONNECTICUT WHITES As someone who had the opportunity to help pick grapes for Sharpe Hill Vineyard, I can tell you a lot of care goes into how they make their wine. The Sharpe Hill Vineyard Ballet of Angels wine is reflective of that care. Sharpe Hill Vineyard Ballet of Angels is a […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”BAD BOYS FOR LIFE” Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprise their roles as Det. Mike Lowrey and Det. Marcus Burnett in “Bad Boys for Life” (*** OUT OF ****), a routine but entertaining police procedural action crime comedy, bristling with all your favorite cops and robbers’ clichés.  Lowrey handles the gritty gymnastics […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”DANGER CLOSE” During the futile Vietnam War, many other nations fought alongside Uncle Sam.  The 2019 movie “Danger Close” (*** OUT OF ****) depicts the contribution that Australia made to the disastrous effort.  “Kill Me Three Times” director Kriv Stenders and “Pirates of the Caribbean” writer Stuart Beattle, with James Nicholas and […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”LUCKY DAY” “Back to the Future” actor Crispin Glover who played George McFly steals the show in “Lucky Day” (*** OUT OF ****), Oscar-winning “Pulp Fiction” writer Roger Avary’s graphic comedy of errors about revenge.  Cast as dastardly villain Luc Chaltiel, Glover plays a looney French gunman with no qualms about killing […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”D-DAY” The most unusual thing about Asylum Studios’ low-budget, World War II actioneer “D-Day” (*** OUT OF ****) is its homage to Steven Spielberg’s landmark epic “Saving Private Ryan.”  Mind you, Asylum’s generically entitled “D-Day” doesn’t depict the horrors of war on as grand a scale of carnage as Spielberg’s memorable masterpiece. […]

 CROWDER TALKS ABOUT HIS LATEST ALBUM, “I KNOW A GHOST” “I Know A Ghost,” the latest album from Christian artist Crowder, won’t sound foreign to fans that have heard his first two solo albums, “Neon Steeple” and “American Prodigal.” Like those predecessors, “I Know A Ghost” blends together seemingly incongruent musical elements – the modern […]

LANCO TALKS ABOUT THEIR HIT SINGLE Brandon Lancaster is living the dream – literally. The frontman of LANCO has seen the hit single, “Greatest Love Story,” top the country charts. But having the hit single isn’t the dream he’s talking about. It’s what he sees on stage night to night, as an outgrowth of the […]

Best Music Box Sets: Top Picks  It’s been a memorable year for box sets and other special releases. Several landmark albums got deluxe reissues, and there were greatest hit sets from some all-time greats. This means there are no shortage of good gift choices this season. Here are my favorites. The Beatles: “Abbey Road” – […]

 JOE BONAMASSA ” HOW IS MUSIC AND LIFE CHANGED” No artist can promise fans they will see a perfect show when he or she steps on stage. But fans can at least feel confident that Joe Bonamassa and his band have reached a point where when they take the stage, even if it’s the worst […]