Now, in general, I don’t rant one way or another on high alcohol wines. In my mind, as long as the alcohol is in balance with everything else, it’s a-ok with me. However, there are times when I specifically seek out lower alcohol wines. Among those times is the summer…I often want to enjoy a [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Gallo Winery. Not too long ago, a giant box of wines arrived at my doorstep. Among them was the 2007 Sebeka Sauvignon Blanc. Now, I’ve seen it on shelves in the grocery store many times. It’s hard to miss with the bright yellow label and the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Terlato Wine Group. I’m feeling very non-committal about my wine selections these days. One day I’m craving the crisp whites I love, the net I want a huge red wine. Must be the weather which will not make up its mind as to weather we [...]
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At the DC Food and Wine Festival, I tried to quickly hit tables with wines I don’t get a lot of exposure to normally. I’ve had a few wines from South Africa, but not very many, so I made a beeline for the Wines of South Africa table. I felt bad for the woman pouring [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Terlato Wine Group Matt actually had a request for wine the other evening. Usually he pretty much leaves the wine selection up to me even though I bug him every night as to what he’d like to drink. He requested a Cabernet Sauvignon, seeing as [...]
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The wine for the dreadfully hot afternoon was a 2007 Spier Sauvignon Blanc. I picked this bottle up at Total Wine and More in Alexandria as part of a mixed case of under $10 Sauvignon Blancs. I was hoping that would get us through a bit of the summer, but alas, it’s only June 19 [...]
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That was my first thought on opening tonight’s wine. The wine was a Burger Family 2006 Rietvallei Red Muscadel. It hails from South Africa, cost me $16.99 at Tinderbox in Atlanta, and clocked in at a hefty 16% alcohol by volume. It had one of those half cork with a plastic top closures. Sorry no [...]
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Which to me means we have shifted almost entirely away from the heavy reds I love so much for the winter and into the Sauvignon Blancs, Roses, Gruner Veltliners, Albarinos, and, oh, who are we kidding, any crisp white wine that will beat the heat and humidity that comes from living in a swamp. With [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Bottlenotes. Or rather, to a Pinotage/Shiraz blend. I received this wine quite a while ago as a part of a blogger trial of Bottlenotes. For the trial, I was given a credit at Bottlenotes which I could use to try out any of their wineclubs. I [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this bottle of wine from Bottlenotes as part of a sample pack. Several months ago (okay, perhaps more like 6 months ago) a PR firm for the wine club and online wine store Bottlenotes contacted me and asked if I would like to participate in a blogger trial of their online wine [...]
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