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A lifestyle blog by Allison Arbuthnot on The Whole 9

Allison was raised on the vine in Sonoma, California, and believes that life is too short to drink bad wine, count calories, or second-guess your destiny. She now lives in Los Angeles where she practices many things, the two most important being contentment and tricks for opening a wine bottle without a wine key.

Monthly Archives: April 2010

Olé Luzon!

For the past few months I’ve been working as an assistant writer on a nonfiction book about WWII.  It’s been a lot of long days and late nights, and on Fridays and Saturdays, in trying to maintain some semblance of a weekend, we’ll indulge in a beverage or two while we sort through documents and [...]

Days of Fine Fizz and Romance

Last weekend, I visited my mother to stand witness as she married a wonderful man.
The day was gentle sunshine drifting on a Florida breeze, tiny baby blue sailboats bobbing in the inlet 30 ft. behind the rustic outdoor alter, a basket of flip flops tied with red ribbon for ladies with heels sinking in dew-soft [...]

Om Boo

Argentina is not known for its Pinot Noirs.  I had in fact most certainly never had one before, but we had a bottle of the Ombu San Rafael Valley Pinot Noir 2007 in the house, a gift from a dinner guest a few weeks ago, and last night, I needed some vino.
I was doubtful.  An [...]