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The Keys to the Kingdom
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Bonjour Free Rangers, It’s the last thing most of this industry wants to admit, but alcohol, in no conceivable form, is a health food, regardless of its other properties and earthly delights. Knowing...
(Scott) Sample(r) in a Jar…
Hola Free Rangers, Pretty much status quo around here in regards to policies, and general chaos, so we now take you to another episode in our series: Why We Have a No Cell Phone Policy Theater, already in progress…. INT. FREE RANGE WINE & SPIRITS, Brooklyn, NY...
If Limbo were a cyclone…
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser How goes it, Free Rangers? Another whirlwind of a week here on The Range. I know everybody is well tired of pandemic restrictions, and we can’t thank you enough for helping us through this long looping...
The Magical Mystery Moment… Ends (the moment ends).
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Well, Free Rangers, Corked. It’s a funny word. In my earliest wine tasting days, it confused me too. In reference to a wine being corked, it means showing the presence of tricholoranisole (TCA) which...
The oranges of origin?
Ok, Free Rangers, So, here’s the new scoop. As of today, Monday – Thursday, we’re offering counter service (no browsing), but your best most efficient route is still to order online for pick-up or delivery. Friday – Sunday we're continuing with regular in-store...
The Train to New Baytown
Greetings Free Rangers, I know I’m not going out on limb when I say that John Steinbeck had a profound command of the language as well as a deep, prophetic grasp on the skeletal structure and nerve systems of the American experiment. My current subway reading (where...
The Spirit of Immaculate Prose
Salutations Free Rangers, I really enjoy the work of PJ O’Rourke’s early and middle years. He was still cutting, and genuinely humorous, for a while, after he decided that he wanted to be one of those rich guys that he used to make fun of (and pay less in taxes, if...
10,000 hours downhill…
Hey Free Rangers,Thank dog that Malcolm Gladwell thing from Outliers is relatively true, at least I’ve found it to be so. I put my 10,000 hours into writing decades ago, and while I’ve gone several long stretches without practicing regularly in the...
Carignane my wayward son…
Howdy Free Rangers,The first time I heard the term “liquid gold” applied to wine was in regard to Chateau d’Yquem, the world’s most renown, and notoriously expensive, sweet white Bordeaux. As it ages, the vibrant light yellow color will darken, and in its...
The Whiskey Rebellion
Hello Free Rangers,Every day we wake to see what season it might be. In this post polar jet stream era, one really never does know, and that Doppler guy has an exponentially looser grasp on predicting increasingly erratic weather systems. The few recent spring-like...