The North Georgia Wine Advisor normwine@bellsouth.net normwine@charter.net 2016 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Chardonnay #16-2021 Last Friday night was rainy and windy, and perfect for Homemade Seafood Chowder, warm French Bread, an avocado and tomato salad, and, a bottle of 2016 ...
It would be great to have one solid week that we could talk about fishing without weather concerns. Once again over the past week, conditions were good early to mid-week, then winds ramped up for the weekend with much needed rain and thunderstorms Sunday. April generally brings us relatively ...
The month of March in Pine Island Sound is the busiest month of the year. Dolphins are plentiful and so are the boats vying for the coveted 60 parking spots at Cabbage Key. The parade of boats entering the harbor can be very busy and confusing. It’s important to remember that your ...
Congressman Byron Donalds should be commended for recently filing a bill that the federal government continue to monitor our waterways for harmful algae blooms, even in the event of a government shutdown. Continuous monitoring of the presence of Red Tide and Blue Green algae is important to ...
To the editor: I don’t wear my wedding ring to work. I’m a nurse working in women’s health, assisting with procedures and sedation. Many of my patients need a hand to squeeze, sometimes squeezing so hard I think my hand might break. No rings. Some women see us for abortions. Some are ...
To the editor: We simply can not tolerate people dying in the streets. Therefore, the employers in any given community must pay wages commensurate with the local ( Repeat: local) Cost of Living -- or -- be taxed to provide Social Services sufficient to forestall such dying. It is likely ...
To the editor: Media are reporting that Lee County will be receiving “nearly $150 million” from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and that the county is conferring with Senator Rubio’s office about how it can spend the windfall. Better idea: Why doesn’t the county consult ...
The North Georgia Wine Advisor normwine@bellsouth.net normwine@charter.net 2018 Erath Pinot Noir #15-2021 It is said that the best wine for Lamb is Merlot, so I soaked our Lamb Chops in Merlot for three hours before I put them on the grill. However, the bottle I placed next to them ...
It feels like we are in a pattern where every two weeks a cool front drops down to end the week and gives us strong gusty winds and chilly days for the weekend. This past week was more of the same -- good weather and fishing, followed with unfavorable conditions that kept all but the true ...
To the editor: Regarding the Fire Chief’s five-year plan: Sounds like “Empire Building” to me. The five-year plan should be to wind down to a volunteer fire department; not to grow this multi-million dollar organization! Russ Mattson Pineland
