Welcome to the D’Aquila-Phillips Wine Cellar! Our site is dedicated to the life of the individual most responsible for introducing me to the world of wine, Mary Kay D’Aquila. I’m Scott Phillips the host of this site, which we call DP Wine Cellar for short. It’s an e-extension of our physical wine cellars. One north and […]
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A Wine Collector’s Epitaph?
When I die… Not to be morbid, but when I die I have no desire for my epitaph to be: “We’re sure glad he always bought crappy wine!” It’s actually odd I came to love good, all too often expensive, wines, and would start a cellar I’m beginning to have considerable pride in. My dad […]
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Welcome Napa, our Wine Cellar Dog!
Please welcome Napa, the official DP Wine Cellar Dog! Napa is a yellow Labrador retriever, born on Feb 25th at Captain’s Kennels outside of Nisswa, Minnesota. I only drove over to check on the kennel, talk to the breeder, and then contemplate whether or not we truly needed a wine cellar dog. She came […]
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Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” Les Emmerson Every wine cellar needs rules! Just as we use CellarTracker.com to avoid chaos in our cellar holdings, so we have rules to avoid similar challenges when it comes to using our […]
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Napa Valley Travel Tip: Dakota Shy Estate and Winery
Napa Valley Travel Tip: Dakota Shy Estate and Winery Make no mistake about it. We, here at DP Wine Cellar, are head over heels in love with the wines of Dakota Shy! I mean to say we all LOVE THEM! So, it seems, does everyone we introduce them to, making them a challenge for us […]
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Random marketing thoughts from a wine collector & customer
We’ve been buying wine for our cellar for a few years now and recently we began to pull together a few of our thoughts about our wine buying habits. Feel free to add, refute, or comment! Random marketing thoughts from a wine collector & customer I’ve never bought a bottle of wine due to its […]
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Why do I like red wines? Blame the Mondavi family!
The other day a friend asked “Scott, why do you love red wines?” He cringed when I replied “The reason begins in 1878. 1878 was the year Nazzareno Brunetti was born in the small town of Fossato di Vico, Italy. In 1901 he emigrated from Italy to join a cousin on the Iron Range of […]