Happy Hallowine all you spooky winos! I tried to take pictures of our pumpkins, but it’s really hard to get lighting right with just a candle glowing! So you get a bonus of me in last year’s costume. Be safe and responsible this Halloween and if anyone gets any chewy sweet tarts, please share with [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Sort This Out Cellars. Not so cool wine. Overall, I really enjoyed the wines I received from Sort This Out Cellars. However, this bottle was the exception to the rule. We tried the 2005 Sort This Out Cellars Rockabilly Red with our burgers the other night. [...]
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After the Wine Blogger Conference, the Matthiasson Family kindly hosted a pig roast for any wine bloggers who still happened to be in the area. Our favorite meat being roasted in a pit and the Matthiasson’s wines? Thea and Ashley and I were there, along with several other wine bloggers who we convinced to make [...]
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After tasting at C. Donatiello, we scooted next door with Chris to try the wines from Bradford Mountain Winery. The label is produced on the C. Donatiello property with the tasting room also located behind the C. Donatiello tasting room. It’s a little difficult to spot, but a few people wandered in while we were [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Germany in order to participate in a Twitter Taste Live. With the Wines of Germany S.A. Prum Twitter Taste Live in the bag, I’ve had quite a few Rieslings lately that I truly enjoyed. I would recommend any of the [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Germany so I could participate in the Wines of Germany Twitter Taste Live. Let’s call a spade a spade here…with the 3rd day of Riesling in a row, it’s pretty much Riesling week around here! I don’t drink enough Riesling. [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Germany in order to participate in the Wines of Germany Twitter Taste Live. As I did yesterday, I have another Riesling for you today. And another great bargain Riesling that would be elegant for any Thanksgiving dinner table. Our second [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the P.R. folks for Wines of Germany in order to participate in a Twitter Taste Live. Germany! We’ve moved on from Argentina and South America and found ourselves squarely in Germany. Sadly, due to a combination of circumstances, I was only able to participate in one [...]
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After the Wine Blogger Conference, Thea, Ashley, & I did a whirlwind tour of Sonoma and Napa. And I really do mean whirlwind….on one day we did both Sonoma and Napa in the same day and STILL managed to stop by to see Patrick and Genevieve and their adorable new son. Our first stop after [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Bin Ends Wine in order to participate in the Wines of Argentina Twitter Taste Live. Perhaps this is a common blend in Argentina. I don’t really know. But it was a bit odd to me, especially given the common flavor profiles of the Bonarda and Syrah [...]
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