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  • EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY
    • Recipes
      • Pairings
    • Wine
      • Tasting
      • Vinification
      • Terroir
      • Aging
    • Beer
      • Brewing
      • Tasting
    • Cider
      • Tasting
      • Milling & Pressing
    • Spirits
      • Distilling
    • Refund and Returns Policy
  • OUR FOUNDER, Robin Bogue
    • Feature Articles
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  • ELAINE DIXIE Culinary Salts & Herb Seasonings
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    • Provisions & Libations Podcast, Part II
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1923 Iconic Food & Drinks

The roaring 20s was a period of significant change and innovation. The Roaring 20s, also known as, time of the Great Gatsby with poolside cocktail parties and ritzy restaurants. with…

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May 4, 2025
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Tuesday Night Socials

What began as a birthday celebration became a weekly ritual, with the chef creating new, fun, and unique dishes for this special group. Tuesday nights were rather slow at the…

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August 1, 2024
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    Provisions & Libation’s latest podcast

    merlebogue / November 27, 2022

    Episode #4 can be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and I Heart Radio, among many others … This episode covers your Thanksgiving leftovers with creative ideas on how to serve them. For example,…

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    All new in 2022, our 2nd Annual Fantasy of Lights Tour is partnering with Santa Maria Elks Rec. and The Christmas House on Arroyo Court!

    merlebogue / November 18, 2022

    ~December 1st will mark the 31st anniversary of Cynthia Youngern’s holiday tradition, “The Christmas House,” as she decorates her house on Arroyo Court in Orcutt, California, and gets the neighbors into the holiday…

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    Provisions & Libations a new podcast on the Mission Matters Network with host, Robin Bogue

    merlebogue / October 26, 2022

    Along with everything else I do, I’ve added Podcast Host to my weekly schedule!! Provisions & Libations will stream weekly from the Mission Matters Podcast Network. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music,…

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    Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup

    merlebogue / October 26, 2022

    Imagine the weekend after Thanksgiving, all the meals you’ve created and eaten with leftover turkey and stuffing from your family’s holiday feast. Are you tired of turkey yet? Well, try this recipe on…

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    Meet The Class of 22

    merlebogue / October 20, 2022

    74 recipients were awarded a financial scholarship in the collective amount of $174,700 during this year’s round of applications for Women of the Vine & Spirits Foundation and I was one of those…

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    Join me for an old-fashioned, 1950s-inspired drinking experience with this highball glassware set

    merlebogue / October 3, 2022

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    U-Pick Blueberries est. 2010

    merlebogue / September 26, 2022

    Fast forward to 2022, a lot has happened off Dominion Road out on the blueberry farm. Take this past weekend for an example. U-Pick Blueberries celebrated the community with their Harvest Hoe Down…

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    Biblically Speaking

    merlebogue / September 21, 2022

    ‘Eat, Drink and Be Merry‘ is a fun play on words that encompasses a positive attitude with a festive vibe, or so I thought when I chose the title for my latest business.…

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    Garagiste

    merlebogue / September 20, 2022

    Garagiste, in definition, means; “vins de garage,” otherwise known as garage wine. The Garagistes refers to a group of winemakers in the Bordeaux region from the mid-1990s who made nontraditional wines easy to…

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    Wine Tasting Tips

    merlebogue / September 19, 2022

    Throughout my career in the wine arena, I have been asked how to go wine tasting or simply how to taste wine. There seems to be a notion of a set standard of…

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