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Nancy Parode is a freelance writer, Navy spouse and avid traveler. Her travel and home education articles have been published in magazines and newspapers as well as online.

Nancy Parode is a freelance writer, Navy spouse and avid traveler. Her travel and home education articles have been published in magazines and newspapers as well as online. She has lived in Italy and Ireland and traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. Nancy and her family currently live in Maryland.  You can reach Nancy at motsetmusique at yahoo dot com.

Nancy Parode Thinks:

A fair restaurant corkage fee is: 

$10 - $15

A tell-tale sign of a wine snob is: 

Someone who won't let anyone else share opinions in a conversation about wine.

The wine region I most want to visit: 

Bordeaux in France and Rioja, La Mancha and Jerez in Spain. Of course, I want to go back to every region I've ever visited, too!

My "wish list" of wines I want to acquire soon: 

I'm looking at summer white wines right now...Albariños from Spain, Fiano di Avellinos from Italy...and I'd love to try some new dry rosés from the Loire Valley.

My biggest wine pet peeve: 

Wines that are overpriced because they are popular or have a well-known name. Oh, and corks that break. I'm a big fan of screw tops and those cool German glass stoppers.

My favorite wine quote: 

"I feast on bread and wine, and feasts they are." - Michelangelo

My dream wine to one day taste or own: 

I'd love to own some of the Mosel's best rieslings, perhaps from Markus Molitor. Once, long ago, I tried a red wine from the Ahr region of Germany and it was wonderful. Ahr wines are almost impossible to find in the U.S., but I'd happily add Ahr reds to my collection.

The best wines I have ever tasted: 

You know, I tend to love the wines that go with amazing meals and happy times spent with friends. To me, where and with whom you drink wine becomes part of the experience. I do love the Mosel's amazing rieslings and the amazing way Fiano di Avellino (perhaps a Feudi di San Gregorio or Mastroberardino) pairs with the bold seafood dishes you find in Naples and the surrounding seaside towns. I'm a lot more about the entire wine experience and much less interested in labels, price tags and scores. But that's just me.

The people with whom I most often enjoy wine: 

My husband, my friends Gene and Sherry, who share my love of southern Italy, and my husband's wine aficionado colleagues.

The last wine I had that I absolutely loved: 

A beautiful Auxerrois from Weingut Adam Müller in Leimen, Germany...we tried it in the vineyard...you can read about it here.

What I think of the movie Sideways: 

I haven't seen it.

My thoughts on the 100 point rating scale made famous by Robert Parker and emulated by seemingly everyone: 

It can help newcomers to the world of wine look for subtle differences among wines, but it can also play too great a role in wine-buying decisions. Many people buy wines for the Parker points and not because they actually like the wines.

My wine travels have taken me to the following wine regions: 

Oh, wow. Napa and Sonoma Valleys, every region of Italy, France's Loire Valley, Burgundy and Alsace, Germany's Mosel, Baden, Franken, Pfalz, Rheinhessen, Rheingau, Nahe and Württemberg; various parts of Maryland and Virginia...it's a long list.

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Baseball and Wine: Minnesota Twins baseball and wine, Calvin Griffith, Hey Joe Wine Co., Kansas City Blues, Minneapolis, Minnesota Twins, Parley Lake Winery, Saint Croix Vineyards, Warhouse Winery, Washington DC, Washington Senators, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Woodland Hill Winery 05/10/2012
Baseball and Wine: Colorado Rockies baseball and wine, Bonacquisti Wine Company, Canyon Wind Cellars, Colorado Rockies, Coors Field, Juan Nicasio, Mile High Stadium, The Infinite Monkey Theorem, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 04/23/2012
Baseball and Wine: Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Stronghold Vineyards, baseball and wine, Chase Field, Curt Schilling, Eric Lomski, Kent Callaghan's Callaghan Vineyards, Kirk Gibson, Luis Gonzalez, Maynard James Keenan, Page Springs Vineyards & Cellars, Pillsbury Wine Company, Randy Johnson, Sam Pillsbury, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 04/02/2012
Baseball and Wine: Seattle Mariners Alex Rodriguez, Alvin Davis, Andy Shepherd, baseball and wine, Edgar Martinez, Eight Bells Winery, Fairwinds Winery, Felix Hernandez, Gaylord Perry, Ichiro Suzuki, Jamie Moyer, Jay Buhner, John Olerud, Ken Griffey Jr., Milwaukee, Mosquito Fleet Winery, Phil Bradley, Pilots, Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Tim Bates, Wilridge Winery, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Washington 03/19/2012
Baseball and Wine: Miami Marlins Anibal Sanches, baseball and wine, Colorado Rockies, Dakotah Winery, Emilio Bonifacio, Florida Marlins, Hanley Ramirez, Heath Bell, Jeffrey Loria, John Henry, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards, Marlins Park, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, San Sebastian Winery, Schnebly Redland's Winery and Brewery, Wayne Huizenga, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 03/06/2012
Baseball and Wine: Atlanta Braves Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, baseball and wine, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Braves, Boston Doves, Dale Murphy, Eddie Mathews, Fox Vineyards and Winery, Hank Aaron, Jim Thorpe, Johnny Sain, Longball Cellars, Phil Niekro, Tiger Mountain Vineyards, Tomahawk Mill Vineyard and Winery, Warren Spahn, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Wolf Mountain Vineyards and Winery 02/21/2012
Baseball and Wine: San Diego Padres baseball and wine, Bernardo Winery, Dave Winfield, Father Junipero Serra, Goose Gossage, John Moores, McDonald's, Orfila Vineyards and Winery, Ozzie Smith, Ray Kroc, Rollie Fingers, San Diego Padres, San Pasqual Winery, Steve Garvey, Swinging Friar, Temecula's Falkner Winery, tony Gwynn, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 02/07/2012
Football and Wine: New York Giants Brooklyn Oenolgy Tasting Room, Brooklyn Winery, Eli Manning, Football and wine, Frank Gifford, Jim Thorpe, Larry Csonka, Lawrence Taylor, Manhattan's City Winery, Mel Hein, New York Giants, Phil Simms, Queens County Farm Museum, Tiki Barber, Tim Mara, Tom Coughlin, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 01/17/2012
Football and Wine: Baltimore Ravens Art Modell, Baltimore Ravens, Beau Guilliams, Cleveland Browns, Colts, Ed Reed, Football and wine, Haloti Ngata, Joe Flacco, Joel Peterson, Lardarius Webb, Quinta do Noval, Raven's Glenn Winery, Raven's Run Red, Ravenswood Winery, Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Renee Guilliams, Robert Irsay, Samantha Sheehan's Poe Wines, Terrell Suggs, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 01/02/2012
Football and Wine: Pittsburgh Steelers Arsenal Cider House and Wine Cellar, Ben Roethisberger, Carlo's garage winery, Dreadnought wines, Engine House Twentyfive Wines, Ernie Stautner, Football and wine, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, Joe Greene, John Stallworth, Le Vigne winery, Lynn Swann, Michael Stephen Kavic Winery, Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steeler nation, Terry Bradshaw, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Pennsylvania 12/19/2011

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