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Tactfully postpone wooing that girl you met in Clerys's basement right before last call until after V-Day, then impress her pants off by taking her on this Saturday afternoon wine walkabout. You'll enjoy private tastings at restos, wines shops, and hotels in one of four 'hoods, all capped off with a fancy, romantic, exclusive prix fixe dinner.
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It’s holiday time and you know what that means..... you need gifts. This year, give some eco-friendly gifts, curated by yours truly, with a little help from my Facebook friends. Here’s what we are giving this year:
Learn to swing dance or draw! The Boston Center for Adult Education has $10 classes.
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Best designated driver who won't judge your indulgence:City Wine Tours
City Wine Tours takes the wheel, or heel, and guides oenophiles on wonderful wine-tasting treks around town. (Now if only they could drop us off at home after!)
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The holiday season is a prime time to have a few good bottles of wine on hand.
If you don’t need them for your family gatherings or other events that you’re hosting, bottles of wine make an easy grab-and-go contribution for friends’ parties or a last-minute gift.
We’ve talked about plenty of ways to get a good deal on wine: buy in bulk, for example, and look for half-priced wine vouchers at daily deal sites.
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Hard to believe that the holiday season is already here. While shopping may be the last thing on your list, it will be the season of gift giving before you know it, and you don’t want to be running around town like a chicken with your head cut off, buying Chia pets for everyone on your list (because that’s all that’s left in store on December 24th). We’ve pulled together a gift guide for all of your foodie friends, relatives and significant others. If you know someone who likes to cook, eat or drink, the items below will certainly make them happy when they open their gifts come Christmas morning.
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Boston is full of promising startups working hard to redefine business as we know it. From tech, to food, to fashion, startups from different industries have one thing in common: exposing their new business and concepts to audiences and consumers alike. Whether it’s designing an interactive product for consumers or creating unique concepts to be patented and purchased by companies, the winners out there are determined and relentless in pushing through setbacks and capitalizing on small gains.
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City Wine Tours, a local walking wine tasting tour group, is looking forward to "sipping glasses of rose on the patios" of outdoor restaurants, they told me via Twitter. The company hosts walking wine tours of Boston neighborhoods led by wine experts in an effort to educate, entertain and explore the various Boston wine establishments. A great option for those of you looking to do something new this spring, or just brush up the best wine lists around the city.
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Boston's got food tours, but now oenophiles can rejoice in the city's first jaunt dedicated to wine. Expert-led City Wine Tours is a two-hours, "Wine 101" walking, sipping and eating adventure through one of a few select Hub neighborhoods that teaches participants the fundamentals of tasting, pairing and buying wine.
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How about touring the cities of Boston and Cambridge by foot wine glass by wine glass? Along comes City Wine Tours. Initiated in May of 2011, City Wine Tours is a wonderful walking wine tour featuring great wine along with the exciting flavor of neighborhood culture. Two neighborhoods are highlighted below – Harvard Square and the North End.
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Boston’s got its plethora of tours: from Duck Boats to Old Town Trolleys, the Freedom Trail to Boston by Foot, there are plenty of ways to explore the history of this city. But besides the standard tourist destinations, what can you really learn about your city from a trip down the Freedom Trail? We’ve been told the tale of Paul Revere and his midnight ride for decades, and Bostonians are itching for something new.
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GLENN – Has living in Beantown lost its zing? Do you need to renew your appreciation for the Hub? Or are you new to town? And want to find out what’s out there in Boston’s neighborhoods? Perhaps you’re having weekend guests and would like to show them a somewhat different view of Boston? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, then consider taking a City Wine Tour...
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I've always thought of the Red White Boston iPhone app as a map of Boston's best wine shops. Plot the partner stores, and you've got yourself a treasure map of wine.
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