Lowell’s own boxing champion, “Irish” Mick Ward, was at the top of his game at Tutto Bene Wine & Cheese Cellar, where he signed 120 bottles of 2010 Uppercut Cabernet Sauvigon. Ward posed for pictures with fans and wine lovers who purchased 113 bottles during the 2-hour signing session. According to Tutto Bene co-proprietor Dick […]
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I received a call on the Wine Novice hotline recently. It was from my brother John who lives in Providence. “I’m leaving for North Carolina for a week,” he said in the message, “and I want you to check on Uncle Sully and bring him some wine. He’s out of it. And visit your mother […]
Micky Ward signs 'Uppercut' Cabernet for charity
Former world boxing champion Micky Ward will be making an appearance Saturday at Tutto Bene Wine & Cheese Cellar in Lowell to sign a limited number of bottles of the 2009 Uppercut Cabernet Sauvignon. Ward, whose story was captured in the movie The Fighter, will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., according […]
Classic Hemingway, aged wine
On Page 216 of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel, A Farewell to Arms, is, in my opinion, one of the greatest descriptions of love, longing, loneliness and human endurance ever written on a single page of civilized literature. Three-quarters down the page Hemingway delivers the coup de grace of what eventually becomes a profound human tragedy […]
Maine getaway: Sweet and warm as wine
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These red wines were summer hits
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Drew Bledsoe goes deep with 'Doubleback' cabernet
I’m calling an audible this week. Instead of writing about the best red wines I tasted during “summer school”(I’ll do that next week), I’m going to tell you about my meeting with former NFL star quarterback turned winemaker Drew Bledsoe, who is producing an outstanding Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon called “Doubleback.” The name is derived […]
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