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I woke up this morning to take my neurotic poodle to the park and experienced something with which I have become unfamiliar - cool, crisp weather. The thermometer registered 58F (that's 14 to you Celsius-centric folks). Yes, it's technically still summer. However, after my brisk morning walk, some primitive neurocorner of my brain began firing the 'it's autumn!' signal. I felt compelled to seek out a football game. The far stronger compulsion was for baking. You see, ...

Hi there (or Grüss Gott as the Austrians say). Beau from Basic Juice here. If you're familiar with my blog, you know I am an unabashed Austrian wine lover - so much so that I recently disappeared into the Austrian countryside for a month on the Live Austrian Wine Adventure. I blame the folks at Winemonger for my obssession with the wines of Austria. Of course as a wine enthusiast, I was somewhat familiar with Austrian wine. ...