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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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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
Football and Wine: New England Patriots Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells, Drew Bledsoe, Ella Valley Vineyards, Football and wine, Foxboro Stadium, New England Patriots, Newport Vineyards, Plymouth Winery, Priam Vineyards, The Patriots Gran Reserva, Tom Brady, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 12/06/2011
Football and Wine: Dallas Cowboys Andrew Hoxsey, Barry Switzer, Calais Winery, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Steers, Dallas Wine Trail, Deion Sanders, Doubleback, Emmitt Smith, Football and wine, Fuqua Winery, HALL Wines, Inwood Estates Vineyards, Jerry Jones, Michael Irvin, Mike Ditka, Roger Staubach, Times Ten Cellars, Tony Dorsett, Tony Romo, Troy Aikman, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Texas 11/21/2011
Football and Wine: Green Bay Packers Bart Starr, Brett Favre, Captain's Walk Winery, Curly Lambeau, Don Hutson, Football and wine, Green Bay Packers, Harbor Ridge Winery, Parallel 44 Vineyard and winery, Reggie White, St. Norbert College, Titletown Wine, Tony Canadeo, TwentyFour Wines, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Vince Lombardi, Willie Wood, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Wisconsin 11/10/2011
Baseball and Wine: Milwaukee Brewers AEppelTreow Winery, baseball and wine, Bernie Brewer, Bob Uecker, Bud Selig, Hank Aaron, Jerry Hairston, John Axford, Mark Attanasio, Miller Park, Milwaukee Brewers, Northleaf Winery, Paul Molitor, Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, Robin Yount, Ryan Braun, Seattle Pilots, Staller Estate Winery, Vetro Winery, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 10/18/2011
Baseball and Wine: Tampa Bay Rays baseball and wine, Brook Bundy, Drew Jones, Florida Orange Groves Winery, Henscratch Farms Vineyard and Winery, Janis McKnight, Johnny Damon, Matt Moore, Rosa Fiorelli Winery, Strong Tower Vineyard and Winery, Tamp Bay Devil Rays, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry McKnight, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels 10/04/2011
Baseball and Wine: Washington Nationals baseball and wine, Breaux Vineyards, Chien-Ming Wang, Chris Marrero, Chrysalis Vineyards, Ian Desmond, Jayson Werth, Livan Hernandez, Michael Morse, Montreal Expos, Paradise Springs Winery, Philip Carter Winery, Potomac Point Vineyard and Winery, Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Washington 09/20/2011
Baseball and Wine: Houston Astros Andy Pettite, baseball and wine, Circle S Vineyard, Craig Biggio, Eddie Mathews, Enron Field, Gladys Haak, Haak Vineyards, Houston Astros, Jeff Bagwell, Jim Umbright, Jimmy Wynn, Lance Berkman, Larry Dierker, Merrill Bonarrigo, Messina Hoff Winery, Mike Scott, Minute Maid Park, Nolan Ryan, Paul Bonarrigo, Raymond Haak, Roger Clemens, Saddlehorn Winery, Son Sutton, Sonny Jackson, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels, Texas 09/06/2011

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