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Just in time for the Champagne Season, Madrona Wine Merchants the announcement of their new temperature controlled wine cooler. Stop in for that cold bottle of bubbly, or even a white wine or two.

That was the post on the Facebook Page (hey, by the way, come like us http://www.facebook.com/madronawinemerchants). The cooler can hold more bottles, but you wouldn’t be able to see the labels easily.

Left the shop at 4:30pm and headed to Swanda’s to taste possible appetizers for a White Elephant party he is having in early January. My favorite was the mini-Beef Wellington, though it could use a little dab of crème fresh with some finely grated fresh horseradish to liven it up a bit. The artichoke bottom appetizer suffered from WAY to much dried tarragon, the meatballs were good, but gave me a little gas as they tend to do (something about meatballs, meatloaf ¯ even without any tomato products in them), and of course, Swanda’s deviled eggs were the hit once again.

Sort of didn’t need dinner after that, which might explain why I had a stuffed chicken breast and some cole slaw at 10pm.

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