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See what's new with Deb, Mike and the rest of the gang down in Lawrenceville.

Holiday Message: Your Support Helped Us Celebrate All Year Long

Deb

Dec 7, 20223 min read

Holiday Message: Your Support Helped Us Celebrate All Year Long

Friends and colleagues like to tease me about my trusty paper calendar and the pencils I write with. (No, they’re not just for taking...

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Serious Sips and Eats: Around Italy in 20 Days with Deb and Mike

Deb

Oct 28, 20225 min read

Serious Sips and Eats: Around Italy in 20 Days with Deb and Mike

I’ve been to Italy six times – most recently leading a group of 19 customers on a 20-day food and wine tour through Venice, the...

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Palate Partners

Oct 20, 20222 min read

Knowledgeable, Well-Managed, Satisfying: Praise for Classes, Events at Palate Partners

From Casual Friday tastings to private events and formal certification courses, students give high marks to Palate Partners School of...

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Beyond Salami Roses: Charcuterie is the art of sharing something special

Palate Partners

Sep 27, 20222 min read

Beyond Salami Roses: Charcuterie is the art of sharing something special

Everywhere you look these days, from real life brunches and bridal showers to social media memes and video how-tos, there’s charcuterie....

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Upcoming Class Highlights Rising Popularity of Sake

Palate Partners

Aug 18, 20222 min read

Upcoming Class Highlights Rising Popularity of Sake

Call it the silver lining of the pandemic – the desire to learn, make and try new things. Cooking and baking. Studying a language. Taking...

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Delivering Wine to Pittsburgh's Best Restaurants

Palate Partners

Jul 27, 20222 min read

Delivering Wine to Pittsburgh's Best Restaurants

If you’ve sampled the vibrant, seasonal menu and outstanding wine list at Eleven in the Strip District, the light, Mediterranean inspired...

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Educating Pittsburgh’s Food and Beverage Influencers

Palate Partners

Jun 9, 20223 min read

Educating Pittsburgh’s Food and Beverage Influencers

Palate Partners School of Wine & Spirits and Dreadnought Wines in Lower Lawrenceville not only supply the region’s best restaurants with...

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Deb

Apr 8, 20224 min read

Wine and Baseball: A Winning Strategy

The picture is a baseball glove holding a bottle of red wine. How could this not catch my attention? I like baseball. And wine. So it...

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Palate Partners

Mar 30, 20224 min read

Dreadnought Wines Celebrates 42 Years

What started as a small family business 42 years ago, has evolved into one of Pittsburgh’s most respected distributors of specialty wine...

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Sake Step by Step: New Intro Course Builds Broader Appreciation

Deb

Mar 14, 20223 min read

Sake Step by Step: New Intro Course Builds Broader Appreciation

Making Sake as easy to enjoy as a glass of wine or beer or a sip of Scotch is something we aspire to achieve at Dreadnought Wines and...

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Shattering the Glass Ceiling in Wine & Spirits: Deb Goes 3 for 3 in WSET

Palate Partners

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Shattering the Glass Ceiling in Wine & Spirits: Deb Goes 3 for 3 in WSET

Only three women in North America have achieved all WSET Level 3 Awards for knowledge of wine, spirits and sake. WSET (Wine & Spirit...

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Deb

Feb 22, 20223 min read

Wines That Are Blends

Blends are trendy then they aren’t and then they come back into liking. This happens with all kinds of things in life, like the length of...

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Deb

Jan 31, 20222 min read

Vine Needs

It all starts with the vine. People often tell us how they want to buy and own a winery. I always say the same thing in response “So,...

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WSET in Pittsburgh! Wine & Spirits Education has never been better!

Palate Partners

Sep 22, 20212 min read

WSET in Pittsburgh! Wine & Spirits Education has never been better!

Palate Partners School of Wine & Spirits are big supporters of WSET and we're ready to help you achieve your Wine, Spirits, and Sake...

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Rare and Limited Release Spirits with Raj Sabharwal

Palate Partners

Jul 1, 20213 min read

Rare and Limited Release Spirits with Raj Sabharwal

Join the team at Palate Partners and Dreadnought Wines on July 26th as we host celebrated Spirits Expert Raj Sabharwal for a fun and...

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Deb

Jun 28, 20212 min read

GLASSWARE: What you really "need"

Sippers! GLASSWARE! Oh boy, I can see your eyes rolling already. Mine are after just reading an article about glassware where they...

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Palate Partners

Jun 24, 20213 min read

WSET Level 3 in Sake is Here! Fall 2021

About this Course Offering This course will start with a two-week online pre-study program. This program will review much of the...

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Palate Partners

Jun 24, 20212 min read

Italian Wine Classes are BACK!

After a long year, we have finally been able to reschedule some of our Italian classes from 2020! And great news - there is still room...

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Jamison Farms & Dreadnought Wines together again for their Annual Lamb & Wine Dinner!

Palate Partners

Jun 3, 20211 min read

Jamison Farms & Dreadnought Wines together again for their Annual Lamb & Wine Dinner!

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! We feel so honored and are beyond lucky that Jamison Farms is teaming up with us once again for our annual Lamb &...

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Wine & Grilling: The Perfect Private Event for Summer

Palate Partners

Jun 2, 20212 min read

Wine & Grilling: The Perfect Private Event for Summer

Wine & Grilling is back, baby! Last summer we were not able to offer Palate Partners’ most popular event, but we're back for 2021 and...

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