Now that I’ve helped fill your fridges with lots of Viognier, it’s time to get back to a favorite topic: red wine. Maybe you’re stuck in your ways and don’t want…
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Happy Sunday! It’s been quite a week… between recovering from the holidays, the craziness of work, getting back on track with the workouts (hello it IS resolution month) then blowing…
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It’s BUBBLES season! With all of the holiday parties and New Year’s Eve celebrations coming up, you’re bound to need a few bottles of sparkling wine on hand. Maybe your…
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We all remember the movie Sideways and the negative connotations Merlot received after the movie came out (but it’s quite possible that Merlot was on its way down well before…
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Who doesn’t love an expensive, hard-to-find bottle of French wine every once in awhile? There’s something romantic and alluring about a nice wine from one of the oldest wine producing…
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After having some amazingly delicious fresh figs in Portugal, I’ve been trying to incorporate fresh figs into more meals. Lucky for me it’s fig season! Don’t worry, I still have A LOT more…
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Outside of Vinho Verde (the super light, slightly fizzy “green wine”) and Port (the fortified sweet after-dinner wine), I’m not very familiar with the wines coming out of Portugal. I’d heard that Portugal’s starting…
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Just because September is approaching and Fall’s around the corner doesn’t mean you need to retire the white wine quite yet! Now is the perfect time to really savor those…
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There are a lot of celebrities out there with their own labels – Drew Barrymore, Fergie, Dave Matthews and Antonio Banderas to name a few. I haven’t tried their wines, but I definitely…
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Round Pond is one of my go-to places to taste wine in the Napa Valley. It’s beautiful (check out that gorgeous driveway leading to the tasting room!), there’s a large…