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April 22, 2022: Wine & Beer Happenings in Greenwich
BEFORE WE START… Post-Covid, the tasting shows traditionally put on by distributors in the area have really picked up again. I recently...
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Apr 21, 20264 min read
April 15, 2022: Wine & Beer Happenings in Greenwich
For many, “Dry January” extends into February and March. Yet while consumers may have been hibernating from liquid pleasures, the wine...
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Apr 21, 20263 min read
Frenchy’s Wine Road Detours to Four Nearby Craft Breweries
Despite the huge growth of breweries in Connecticut, lower Fairfield County has been conspicuously uninvolved in the craft beer movement....
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Jul 9, 20263 min read
A Review of Two Nearby Breweries
Time waits for no one, and between errands and phone calls this Saturday, my day’s Plan A got away from me. Then Plan B did too. No...
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Jul 2, 20264 min read
From Cap, Cork & Cellar to Connecticut Wine & Liquor, A Weekly Roundup of Wine Store Offerings
This week the Frenchy’s Wine Road weekly round-up relates what’s going on at some or all of the 24 wine, spirit, and beer specialty...
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Feb 23, 20263 min read
Weekly Wine Shop Happenings
Today, the Greenwich Free Press and Frenchy’s Wine Road are excited to announce that we are launching a weekly round-up of happenings at...
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Feb 6, 20263 min read
Frenchy’s Wine Road Continues Its Tour: Cap, Cork & Cellar and Putnam & Vine
There are many Greenwich stores well worth the visit this holiday season. Two more that come to mind are Cap, Cork & Cellar and Putnam &...
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Dec 25, 20254 min read
Wine Stores in Spotlight during Christmas Season
It is heartening to see how many superlative wine stores we have in Greenwich. At a time when so much of the wine business is...
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Dec 21, 20255 min read
Wine & Liquor Stores in Greenwich
Spend any time in Greenwich, and you realize that it’s not so much a Town as a Federation of Villages, each forming a Neighborhood, the...
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Dec 11, 20253 min read
Retail Wine Stores – On the Front Line?
No one would pretend that package store employees are dealing with the same risks as Police, Firefighters, or Medical Personnel. But like...
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Apr 4, 20262 min read
Retail Wine Stores Posting Record Profits in Greenwich
Ten days ago, Governor Lamont ordered employees of non-essential businesses to work from home. The order contained a list of exceptions...
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Apr 1, 20262 min read
Is Your Beer Vegan?
There is a new beer at Glenville Wine & Spirits called Trinity Super Hazel. Its vegan claim is oddly worded “Our Beers are Consciously...
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Jan 2, 20264 min read
The infinite variety of beers
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Beer has a seemingly infinite variety of styles. Yet the necessary ingredients for beer form a short...
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Mar 30, 20264 min read
CRAFTING A GOOD SUPER BOWL PARTY
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: I thought Super Bowl week a good time for a diversion from wine to the world of beer. It’s not that...
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Feb 4, 20265 min read
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