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Absent Me from Felicity Awhile
Dear Readers — I wish to explain my recent and continuing absence from these pages.
Last Thursday morning, about 6:30, I went into the backyard to retrieve one of our dogs that was out there after his breakfast feeding. This has been our h...
Wine of the Day, No. 905
As you can see, the front label of this wine tells you immediately what’s up: “Hey, I’m a chillable red!” Though the back label states that you can drink it either chilled or unchilled. We tried it both ways.
The wine is the Chill! 2025, m...
Whites and Rosés, Unusual and Delicious
Try something different today.
Some of the grapes featured in the wines under review in this post will be unfamiliar to My Readers. A couple of them were new to me, and I’ve been at this business for more than 40 years. Perhaps that phenom...
The Virginia Wines Governor’s Cup Competition for 2026
Cabernet franc for the win.
It’s always fun to write about the annual Virginia Governor’s Cup Competition, this time for 2026. Judged by a panel in a rigorous process overseen by judging director Frank Morgan, this selection of 12 wines pr...
Do We Care that Today Is “National Red Wine Day”?
And how would you choose?
National Red Wine Day was created in 2014 by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, a prolific children’s book author, animal-care advocate and holiday writer. She has created 26 “national holidays,” including Prevent Plagiaris...
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Fredric Koeppel lives in Memphis, where his primary tasks are managing a pack of rescued dogs and being his wife's support staff, since she has a real job. He writes the wine review website biggerthanyourhead.substack.com.
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