Blue Skies Muscadine Wine
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Blue Skies is our moniker for a smooth aromatic dessert wine made from golden native American grapes, grown and juiced in Altus, Arkansas, USA at #PostWinery 🥂
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
Ernie & Earl Cate/the Cate Brothers were born December 26, 1942 at Fayetteville, Arkansas.
*1975 & 1976 albums, both produced by Steve Cropper.
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*1975 & 1976 albums, both produced by Steve Cropper.
youtu.be/MWkmZOU03kI?...
December 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Dad’s muscadine harvest went through the steam extractor the other day so now we have all this juice…
Naturally, time to concoct a new cocktail before kickoff.
Working names: Muscadine Smash, Wild Vine, or Scuppernong Sling
Naturally, time to concoct a new cocktail before kickoff.
Working names: Muscadine Smash, Wild Vine, or Scuppernong Sling
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dad’s muscadine harvest went through the steam extractor the other day so now we have all this juice…
Naturally, time to concoct a new cocktail before kickoff.
Working names: Muscadine Smash, Wild Vine, or Scuppernong Sling
Naturally, time to concoct a new cocktail before kickoff.
Working names: Muscadine Smash, Wild Vine, or Scuppernong Sling
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3,300kilometers home.The story of an 18-yr-old who escaped the Russian army to return to Ukraine
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3,300kilometers home.The story of an 18-yr-old who escaped the Russian army to return to Ukraine
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
Artem spent most of his life in Crimea under Russian occupation.After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,he came to a final realization:there is no truth in the Russian system -no future either
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Wine Consumption in Major Wine-Consuming Countries (1840–2024)
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Wine Consumption in Major Wine-Consuming Countries (1840–2024)
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We have more work to do, so if you’re not part of TroubleNation yet, get involved and join a group near you! go.redwine.blue/TNbs
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have more work to do, so if you’re not part of TroubleNation yet, get involved and join a group near you! go.redwine.blue/TNbs
Mmmm, good with a dash of #blueskiesmuscadine 🥂
Rainy autumn evening drink...Post Concord Grape Juice poured over peach and limeade, all over ice cubes. Melt into the quenching sweetness. #PostWinery #grapejuiceisyoungwine
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Mmmm, good with a dash of #blueskiesmuscadine 🥂
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My #SundaySentence is a quotation in Richard Powers’ The Overstory (2018) from H. D. Thoreau:
“If you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity. . . .”
“If you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity. . . .”
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My #SundaySentence is a quotation in Richard Powers’ The Overstory (2018) from H. D. Thoreau:
“If you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity. . . .”
“If you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity. . . .”
fast-moving drenches last week left a few green muscadines on the ground, as well as an ornamental apple. @PostWinery photos #RosemaryPost
July 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
fast-moving drenches last week left a few green muscadines on the ground, as well as an ornamental apple. @PostWinery photos #RosemaryPost
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The 1910 Great Flood of Paris ("Crue de la Seine de 1910") was a catastrophe in which the Seine River flooded the Paris urban area. Despite massive damages of ca. $1.5 billion in today's money, there were no fatalities. Here, the Paris wine warehouse area of Bercy
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The 1910 Great Flood of Paris ("Crue de la Seine de 1910") was a catastrophe in which the Seine River flooded the Paris urban area. Despite massive damages of ca. $1.5 billion in today's money, there were no fatalities. Here, the Paris wine warehouse area of Bercy
A sunny July day at the Muscadine grape vineyards in
Altus, Arkansas @PostWinery
Altus, Arkansas @PostWinery
July 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A sunny July day at the Muscadine grape vineyards in
Altus, Arkansas @PostWinery
Altus, Arkansas @PostWinery
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Vineyard workers drinking wine in the Chabag Colony in Shabo, Bessarabia (now Ukraine), early 1900s. The Colony of Chabag was founded by Swiss winegrowers in 1822. With the invasion of the Red Army in 1944, most settlers of Swiss descent left the colony and returned to Switzerland
May 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Vineyard workers drinking wine in the Chabag Colony in Shabo, Bessarabia (now Ukraine), early 1900s. The Colony of Chabag was founded by Swiss winegrowers in 1822. With the invasion of the Red Army in 1944, most settlers of Swiss descent left the colony and returned to Switzerland
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a collage of Post Winery's labels from the 1960s and 1970s, #AltusArkansas
April 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
a collage of Post Winery's labels from the 1960s and 1970s, #AltusArkansas
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Wilhelm Amberg (German 1822–1899), The Maid (1862). Amberg was educated by the painters Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin and Léon Cogniet in Paris (1845). Afterward, he spent a couple of years in Rome.
April 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wilhelm Amberg (German 1822–1899), The Maid (1862). Amberg was educated by the painters Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin and Léon Cogniet in Paris (1845). Afterward, he spent a couple of years in Rome.
Ives noir vines grow eastward on top of Pond Creek Mountain, #FranklinCountyAr where a light west-southwest wind blows through much of the year. #appletreebark #henbit #Ivesgrape #PostWinery
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ives noir vines grow eastward on top of Pond Creek Mountain, #FranklinCountyAr where a light west-southwest wind blows through much of the year. #appletreebark #henbit #Ivesgrape #PostWinery
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"Since I started this blog over thirteen years ago, I have traveled to many wine regions, visited scores of vineyards and wineries, and tasted countless wines. And while many of the above stand out, none quite match the magic of Troon Vineyard."
The Magic of Troon Vineyard
Since I started this blog over thirteen years ago, I have travelled to many wine regions, visited scores of vineyards and wineries, and tasted countless wines. And while many of the above stand out…
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March 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"Since I started this blog over thirteen years ago, I have traveled to many wine regions, visited scores of vineyards and wineries, and tasted countless wines. And while many of the above stand out, none quite match the magic of Troon Vineyard."
A bottle of Post's Blue Skies Muscadine dessert wine is perched on a vineyard post in Franklin County, Arkansas, where grown and produced. Blue Skies is a white muscadine table wine blended with grape brandy to a 38-proof sipper and mixer #toastwithpost #postwinery #altusarkansas #blueskiesmuscadine
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A bottle of Post's Blue Skies Muscadine dessert wine is perched on a vineyard post in Franklin County, Arkansas, where grown and produced. Blue Skies is a white muscadine table wine blended with grape brandy to a 38-proof sipper and mixer #toastwithpost #postwinery #altusarkansas #blueskiesmuscadine
Muscadine vineyard at sunset, rows planted east-west. Pear tree orchard in foreground. March, 2025 Post vineyards, Altus, Arkansas
March 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Muscadine vineyard at sunset, rows planted east-west. Pear tree orchard in foreground. March, 2025 Post vineyards, Altus, Arkansas
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Roy Lichtenstein (American 1923-1997) Blue Grapes, 1972. Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style.
February 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Roy Lichtenstein (American 1923-1997) Blue Grapes, 1972. Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style.
