Wine Gal
Subscriber since: Wed Jan 16 14:55:09 EST 2013
Location: Los Gatos, CA
About Me
I love wine and writing and I'm a Certified Sommelier (via CMS). I own a small wine consulting business and I blog about wine and life. I love language and learning.
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Favorite Word:

prestidigitation

Least Favorite Word:

ointment

Favorite Quote:

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein

Favorite Topics:

Blogs:

Books:

"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
Highly Entertaining and Informative

Branding:

The Rare, Overstuffed "Turduckenym"
Electrifying!

Dictionaries:

The Post-Dictionary World?

Fun:

Very Spatial and Capable Lethal Aid

Grammar:

Seven Sentences You Should Stop Writing
How to Make Your Sentences Shorter

How to write:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start

Language:

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
Brand Names of the Year for 2021

Linguistics:

Scale Your Onboarding

Marketing:

What Do Plus Signs Add?
Brand Names of the Year for 2019

Media:

Understanding "Maven"

Online:

A Recipe for Time Travel

Word Origins:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
Scale Your Onboarding

Reading:

How to Read More Books

Spelling:

To Bee or Not to Bee?

Usage:

Comparative Nonsense
Unexpected Cousins

Vocabulary:

The Post-Dictionary World?
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year

Words:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse

Writers:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start

Writing:

Nine ways to finish the writing you start