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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In Vino Memoriae
In Vino Memoriae I have come to be a big believer in the phrase above. In wine there are memories! Some studies say aromas are the most potent memory trigger in our body. Some say it is taste, others might say old photographs. But I am here to say I believe it is wine! Let […]
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Fun with Wine for Your 4th of July
One of our family’s major gatherings has always been the 4th of July. Lately we have been lucky to see it expand from a three day weekend to a weeklong affair. Lots of fun, family, food, and festivities. The planning has been in the works for weeks if not months. One of my assignments is […]
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Compromise in the Times of Love: But not Over Wine
June 21st…summer…Take your Dog to Work Day…solstice…longest day…shortest night…our anniversary. Today would have been our 44th anniversary. Instead our lives together stopped at 41. Naturally today my thoughts are focused on the incredible woman who said ‘I Do’ on this day way back in 1975. I believe we owed our happiness together to one thing: […]
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What’s Wrong With This Wine Picture?
I just returned from a large family wedding and as always I had my eye on the wine situations I encountered. One of my wine experiences is captured in the photo below: As I asked in opening this post: What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing wrong? Perhaps, but only if you want the wine industry […]
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Why Chileans in the DP Wine Cellar?
Last night someone asked me why I hadn’t explained why we have Chilean wines in our cellar. So here we go…and as you might expect there is a reason and a story. Our cellar holdings are majority Napa reds at 86%. These are followed by single digit percentages of Italian and French wines. Picking up […]
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Conversing with a glass of wine…
Some nights I miss my wife more than usual, especially this time of year. Often, no matter the hustle and bustle of our lives, she would insist we put the world aside, uncork a bottle of wine, snuggle, and talk. Often on our patio, at times the sofa, and if we were lucky it was […]