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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

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Not that I haven’t been searching: by now I have a good backlog of bird-bedecked bottles that I’ve picked up over the last few months, just waiting for the right moment to uncork. ” I could very well say the same and so it’s high time to right this error of omission.

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Decoy: Cabernet Sauvignon (2016)

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Dad-level bird jokes are right at home at Christmas Bird Count compilation dinners. Over time, the word “decoy” has lost its fowling connotations and has come to mean any kind of trick or fakery. It’s also the name of a line of wines produced by Duckhorn Vineyards of St. Helena in California’s Napa Valley.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. The “Fowl” was dropped and the term “Turkey” was applied to other large Galliformes that were encountered in the New World. This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey.

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