My little turkey says “Gobble gobble!” From the Wannabe Wino Family to yours, wishing you a Thanksgiving full of family , friends, good food and wine!
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Sparkle this Season
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. Thursday of last week was the annual arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau from France. That is really not my thing, so I celebrated by drinking French wine, but not Beaujolais Nouveau. The holidays tend to make people think of sparkling [...]
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A Little Port, Please
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. On a cold, blustery night, with a fire roaring in the wood stove, what could be better to cap off the evening than a glass of port? Not much. With daylight savings in full effect, the nights are long and [...]
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Drink with Me and Rodney Strong!
Posted on November 20, 2011 by Sonadora
Last week I participated in a Twitter Taste Live Event with Rodney Strong featuring holiday wines. On Dec. 6 we are repeating the experience and hoping that some of our readers will join us live and taste along! For all the details, go here and I hope to see you on the 6th!
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Climbing High
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the winery. Clif Family Winery is brought to you by the same folks who make Clif bars. Now, I must admit that I can be a bit skeptical of branching out from one product line to something completely different, but the Clif [...]
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Happy Half Decade Wannabe Wino!
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Sonadora
Five years ago today (or perhaps it was a few days before that since it took me a couple days to get this whole blogging thing set up and then maybe a few more to decide I actually wanted to push “publish” on the blog) I said to Mr. Wannabe Wino: “Hey, I think I’m [...]
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Sitting in the Corner
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars We actually got some snow the other day/night in VA. In October. That is pretty much unheard of for this area of the country. The snow turned my thoughts to the big red wines that have been patiently waiting in my cellar all summer [...]
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Another Pinot. But Not Chilean.
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Back to one of my favorite areas to get Pinot Noir from, the Russian River Valley. The Russian River Valley is where I fell for Pinot Noir, hard. Now, I love it in many of its incarnations, however, time and again I come back [...]
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More Chilean Pinot Noir
Posted on November 1, 2011 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. Told you I found some lost tasting notes! I think this 2009 Ritual Veramonte Pinot Noir was the second wine for the Chilean Tasting. Veramonte is a winery that I have recommended many times in the past, particularly for [...]
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Greek Crisis Wine Paring: Retsina!
*Editor’s comments: Mr. Wannabe Wino, aka my husband Matt, is going to be joining Wannabe Wino as a contributor. Since he deals with politics and current events on a daily basis, he will be offering his (often tongue-in-cheek) thoughts on wines to pair with the events of the day. Not sure what sort of wine [...]
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