{"id":3752,"date":"2011-12-08T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2011-12-08T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T07:47:00","slug":"new-cat-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3752","title":{"rendered":"New Cat in Town&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What makes a small local shop special? Sometimes it&#39;s something quirky. Remember when every bookstore had a cat? Well, we know one wine and spirits shop that shares its space with a frisky, flurtatious feline.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#39;d like to meet Sofia, stop into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauerwines.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Bauer Wine &amp; Spirits on Newbury Street<\/a>, where this new kitten is establishing her territory and settling into a new home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015393eddc72970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4143 - Version 22011-12-01-sofia-bauer-wine-italian-wines-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834015393eddc72970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015393eddc72970b-500wi\" style=\"border: 1px solid #d4cece; width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_4143 - Version 22011-12-01-sofia-bauer-wine-italian-wines-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miss Sophia, who reminds us of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickriver.com\/photos\/52899036@N05\/5643880029\/\" target=\"_self\">another star by the same name<\/a>, spends some of her time near the wines of Italy pointing out the best-of-the-best from that region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401539432082f970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4147 - Version 22011-12-01Sophia-cat-wine-shop\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401539432082f970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401539432082f970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_4147 - Version 22011-12-01Sophia-cat-wine-shop\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faced with the unexpected presence of paparazzi in her home, she tried to play it cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015437c18506970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4151 - Version 32011-12-01-sofia-bauer-wine-italian-wines-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834015437c18506970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015437c18506970c-500wi\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dcd8d8; width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_4151 - Version 32011-12-01-sofia-bauer-wine-italian-wines-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, I promised if she&#39;d give me her prettiest pose, I wouldn&#39;t publish the photos of her chewing on the Christmas tree.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#39;re looking for local beer, cider, wine, or spirits for your holiday table or as a holiday gift, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2011\/11\/serve-local-beverages-this-holiday-season.html \" target=\"_self\">check out this video with Howie Rubin<\/a>, one of Sophia&#39;s co-workers at Bauer. He runs down a few of the many local beverage choices we have available from New England producers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>What&#39;s the easy way to get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search?_encoding=UTF8&amp;scn=2975248011&amp;keywords=cat&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1322945838&amp;h=e7860435b4c23789b1c5bd3f1b770e499fc7a097&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;rh=n%3A2975248011%2Ck%3Acat%23%2Fref%3Dsr_nr_p_85_0\" target=\"_blank\">Cat Condo or Cat Activity Tree<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/>? Order it on Amazon, and they&#39;ll deliver it to your door. Sophia has one that she loves!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B0027IVL6K\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe> <iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B003BYQ18M\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe> <iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B003BYQ100\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><br \/>Words: Penny Cherubino<br \/>Photos: \u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers&#39; comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often those comments add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn\u2019t become a pure ad, we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and where to visit this wine lover&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[964,323,4],"tags":[127,23872,1061,23871,23870,539,23874,22540,23876,23877,23878,23875,9255,23873],"class_list":["post-3752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-life","category-places","category-we-recommend","tag-bauer-wine-spirits","tag-bookstore-cat","tag-cat","tag-cat-condo","tag-cat-tree","tag-howie-rubin","tag-italian-wines","tag-kitten","tag-new-england-beer","tag-new-england-cider","tag-new-england-spirits","tag-new-england-wine","tag-sophia","tag-sophia-loren"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Cat in Town... - bostonzest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3752\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Cat in Town... - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"and where to visit this wine lover....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3752\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-08T07:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015393eddc72970b-500wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=3752#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=3752\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/33ca182396f0fe148407f4bc057b1fdb\"},\"headline\":\"New Cat in Town&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-08T07:47:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=3752\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=3752#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb88834015393eddc72970b-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"Bauer Wine &amp; 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