Tonight was slammy, many extremely happy guests, many fine wines on our 86 board, if you can read my handwriting. I am so thankful for this job. What a treat to be able to walk home, too!

Jeffrey's Restaurant

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

Today is perfect. City-Wide Garage Sale going on in back of me, Art City in front. 73-degrees, low humidity, and windy. I like the wind because you can smell the wild flowers all over the city

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

It's been over a year (way too long). We went to Paggi House, then ESSR to order one of everything. Nice.

A quick stop at the Good Knight for Absinthe.

Emos was nuts. Mucca Pazza, sick.

Hey, local-boy-done-good, thanks for hanging tonight. Katherine, you are awesome!!!

Sleep tight, ya'll. ATX is not as hack as when you left it.

If in NYC, you should check out what they do:
L'Artusi
+
Dell'anima

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com

Blind tasting this morning wasn't unsuccessful. There is room for improvement for sure, but overall I'm happy. This beautiful 1997 Fèlsina Chianti Classico came right out of Greg Randle's cellar. Thanks, CWE!

My lunch was a glass of the Chianti and a smoked lamb flatbread dish. Nice. Look at the color of the wine, a beautiful garnet-rust. It was sublime, dusty cherry, prosciutto fat, damp earth & truffle.

I'm reorganizing all of my notecards right now. It's a little tedious, but I'm almost done.

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

In astronomy, the Pleides is an open star cluster. In our neighborhood, the Pleides is an open sore cluster.

We've been staring at this symbol of abandoned real estate avarice for three years or so.

I just walked by this crap-zone and asked the workman what they're doing. He said, "we're demolishing it." Nice. Finally.

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

I planned on the UTFAL today, rode my bike the short 2.1 mile route, put my bike on the rack, & noticed NO LOCK & CHAIN. Are you kidding me! What an idiot!

So I walked over to Medici. Good thing, this is my third espresso. I am sort of zombied out today. Hopefully, I snap out of it before I blind taste tonight.

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

1209 Rosewood, Austin, TX
http://www.eastendwinesatx.com/
512-904-9056

Just off of 11th Street in East Austin, East End Wines celebrates its Grand Opening tomorrow. Many of you may know the owner Matt Miller. If you are unfamiliar with Mr. Miller, I encourage you to get to know him and his store. East End Wines is a true labor of love.

For those of you whom visit Boggy Creek Farm as your part of your Saturday morning routine, I suggest swinging by East End Wines on the way back into town. Maybe share what you plan on making with your bounty and allow them to make wine pairing suggestions. Take a few bottles home with you. Support a true indy-Austin wine store.

99% of the wines presented to me for blind tasting are from East End Wines. They are the official sponsor of my endeavor to pass the Master Sommelier Diploma Exam. Thank you, Matt!

Unfortunately, I can't actually visit the store until I pass the test. It's beneficial for me to be completely unaware of what's on their shelves. But of the 30 or so wines I've tasted thus far from EEW, I can say these represent true expressions of classic styles from the classic winemaking regions of the world. That's what you want in a wine store!

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine

Anne & I saw this at the Paggi House on Tuesday. We fell in love with it; so now we own it. It's a beautiful mixed media piece, 36"x48". Thanks Lincoln!

Anthony Garcia
www.wineisdivine.com
http://twitter.com/wineisdivine