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Among the wines we tasted at the Blackstock Vineyards Wine Tasting event was the 2007 Blackstock Bulldog Blush. This is an unusual blush wine made from the Toriga grape, and is a more purplish color than the pink you normally see in wines of this nature...
Recent Rains Increase Mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes suck blood and spit saliva (to keep the blood from coagulating) in a different host each time a blood meal is needed to lay eggs. The mosquito can pick up a disease from one host if it is infected and carry it to another...
Sep 15, 2008
Norm's Tasting Notes: 2007 Blackstock Bulldog Blush
David Harris, the winemaker at Blackstock, was a freshman at the University of Georgia in 1980, the year that Georgia won the NCAA Football Championship. He said that he had always wanted to make a "Bulldog" wine, and now he has...
Sep 12, 2008
Laura on Life: My Novel Escape
I have never read a romance novel where the heroine’s love-child (the hero, of course didn’t know it was his child) was blowing into his elbow, making gaseous noises, and giggling in maniacal glee...
Sep 8, 2008
Dawson County Produce Market Ends, Fall Gardening Continues
Since most summer gardens have finished this year’s production, the last day for the Dawson County Produce Market will be Wednesday, September 10. I thank both sellers and buyers for making this year’s produce market the best ever...
Sep 5, 2008
Norm's Tasting Notes: 2006 Agapito Rico Carchelo Monastrell
This is a medium bodied dark red wine with lucious fruit coming across strong with abundant flavors of blueberry, blackberry, and dark cherry. The fruit fills up your mouth and has a pleasing finish of mild tannins and long lasting fruit...
Sep 2, 2008
Landscaping: The Rewards of our Work
We know that landscaping adds beauty, and gardening can provide great vegetables.
However, the work you do with your landscape and garden can be much more rewarding...
Aug 27, 2008
