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Monte Belmonte Wines: The Bruce Lee of the bottle: How South Deerfield’s Brahm Callahan became an elite Master Sommelier

Monte Belmonte Wines: The Bruce Lee of the bottle: How South Deerfield’s Brahm Callahan became an elite Master Sommelier

by Monte Belmonte | Mar 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured

I’ve been obsessively watching kung fu movies. I’m not sure why. Perhaps the reason is related to the pandemic. It could be a midlife crisis, or it could be the aftereffects of binge-watching “Cobra Kai.” Regardless, it’s made me think a lot about the mastery of an...
Monte Belmonte Wines: The wines that have gotten us this far

Monte Belmonte Wines: The wines that have gotten us this far

by Monte Belmonte | Dec 10, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

Almost from day one of the pandemic lockdown, Sharon Swihart has been living with the irony —  and a little bit of guilt — that, as a wine manager, she is an “essential worker.” “My life has not changed at all in the pandemic’s wake,” says Swihart, the wine buyer at...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Uncorked on Netflix

Monte Belmonte Wines: Uncorked on Netflix

by Monte Belmonte | May 14, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

“You like hip-hop? First you got Chardonnay…it’s like the granddaddy of wine. It’s versatile, smooth…it’s like the Jay-Z of wine. This is how Elijah, played by Mamudou Athie, describes wine in the new Netflix movie Uncorked. It follows Elijah on his...
Monte Belmonte Wines: #Pantsdrunk or “I could drink a case or two”

Monte Belmonte Wines: #Pantsdrunk or “I could drink a case or two”

by Monte Belmonte | Apr 22, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

You may have recently seen the New York Times story about the anglicized version of the Finnish word kalsarikannit. The translation, and the trending hashtag  that goes with it, is #pantsdrunk. It’s part of the Finnish of knowing you’re going nowhere, taking your...
Monte Belmonte Wines: How to open a bottle of wine with a shoe

Monte Belmonte Wines: How to open a bottle of wine with a shoe

by Monte Belmonte | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

With the threat of coronavirus, the increasing potential that we will have at least four more years of a demagogue in the highest office, and Tom Brady considering leaving the Patriots, we are living in the End Times. You need to get yourself prepared. “Preppers”...
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