A safe and happy new year’s eve! See you on the other side!
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365 Days, 365+ Posts
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Sonadora
Last year around the end of January I looked at the blog and realized I had put up at least one post every day since December 29. I thought to myself that perhaps I could see how long I could go making at least one post a day. I made it through a couple months [...]
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Aussie Riesling
Posted on December 29, 2009 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the importer for Jacob’s Creek. I’ve been drinking plenty of German Rieslings lately, so I thought it would be interesting to pull a Riesling from a different region from the basement. Just my luck, a box of Rieslings from Jacob’s Creek in Australia arrived recently. I [...]
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Let’s Rock!
Posted on December 28, 2009 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong Vineyards. Ah the Rockaway. A mailing list only allocated wine from Rodney Strong. This year Rodney Strong is producing two wines under the Rockaway label, this one and a single vineyard designate that I have yet to taste, but am looking forward to trying [...]
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Visiting Alsace
Posted on December 27, 2009 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Helfrich. Continuing on wines not from California, I dug into a box of samples from Alsace this week. With all the heavy food around I felt like wines that were light and crisp and would contrast entirely with gobs of mashed potatoes [...]
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Now for Something Different
Posted on December 26, 2009 by Sonadora
I don’t drink a ton of Port. It’s not really my thing. I often find that it feels as if they singe my nose when I drink them. I know that Port is supposed to be quite high in alcohol given that it is fortified, however, I just usually can’t tolerate it and the raisiny [...]
Happy Christmas!
Posted on December 25, 2009 by Sonadora
To all who are celebrating today, I hope your Christmas is wonderful! The Wannabe Winos must have been good this year….Santa came!
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Stickies!
Posted on December 24, 2009 by Sonadora
Winter turns my mind to dessert wines. Often very sweet and heavy, I don’t tend to drink them at all in the summer/warmer months. Thus, they start to pile up in the basement. We probably have a good 20 or so bottles of dessert wine hanging around, ranging from port-style wines to Ice wines. Also, [...]
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A Tour of the States
Posted on December 23, 2009 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Macari Vineyards. I drink a lot of California wine. It’s just a simple fact. I really cut my wine teeth on California wine and as such, I tend to drink more of it than anything else. However, this past week you wouldn’t be able to tell….we [...]
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Tis the Season
Posted on December 22, 2009 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Biltmore Estate. For Bubbles! I see more bubbly being consumed at this time of year than any other time. I do it too, no worries, though I have tried to make a little effort to drink more bubbles throughout the year…bubbles are [...]
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