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Behind the Vines

Archive for the ‘poetry about wine’ Category

March 30th, 2008

The “Colors” of Wine

My other wine blog, Wine Outlook, mainly serves to give people information about Rosenblum Cellars, where I work. Upcoming events, interesting characters, wine club updates, and the weekly tasting menu that I write every Friday. That is actually one of my favorite aspects of the job–something that wasn’t even in the description. When people remark on […]

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January 17th, 2008

Poem About Wine to Deal With Grief

 
Red Wine
(”Vino Tinto” by Sandra Cisneros, racked and filtered)
 
Wine that isn’t white swims
you to my mind. Maybe Pinot Noir
or the king of reds. The tannins,
the warmth, the smooth velvet that slips
down my throat and past my hips,
making incisions as it goes, burning
little fires across my lips.
 
An evening that begins with pop.
This one, […]

By Farley -- 3 comments

January 17th, 2008

Writing and Drinking Through Loss

When I was in grad school, one semester I took a poetry workshop focused on translation.  It could be from one language to another or it could be from one interpretation to another.  My favorite thing to do was to take a poem I love and rewrite it from another angle or perspective, upping some […]

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