I had the opportunity to taste the 1994 Smith Woodhouse Colheita Tawny Port this week. What a nice way to usher in spring in the Midwest. The single harvest port is a lovely, translucent red amber...
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Spring is here (although it may not seem so in many parts of the country) and it's an ideal time to whip up a pitcher of Sangria, that Spanish wine and fruit concoction. Not only is Sangria a...
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So just like pretty much everyone else, my husband and I enjoyed champagne on New Year's Eve. As I'd written, I had a bottle or Korbel Natural chilling, though as the day wore on I found...
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Saturday night my husband and I had the opportunity to go out to dinner... by ourselves! Now, you have to understand that we have two small children (ages 2 and 5), so typically our restaurant choices...
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Lovers of Spanish wine must be excited about Wine Enthusiast's recent announcement naming Rioja "Wine Region of the Year." A feature article on each of the winners from ten different...
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Bureaucracy, not weather, is threatening Spain's vineyards right now and putting this year's wine crop at risk. The Spanish wine harvest began this week, and typically Romanians and Bulgarians...
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New World wines, with their lower prices and decent quality, have been threatening countries like Italy, France, and Spain that have been producing amazing wines for centuries. More people, even in...
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by tammy on May 03, 2007
If you are thinking about turning to light wines due to the weather - since in many areas (not all of course) of the world are starting to warm up - then one grapes you may want to consider is......
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by tammy on February 07, 2007
Yeah for our international wine club! Every once and awhile we think about cutting back. I mean, really, how many wine clubs do we need to be members of? How spoiled can you get? Very spoiled, of...
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by tammy on November 14, 2006
I don't often receive white wines from Spain in my international wine club shipment, so I was intrigued when we received a bottle of 2005 Condesa de Leganza Sauvignon Blanc. Now, I personally...
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by tammy on July 12, 2006
Tamara over at Gothamist offers another wine to consider for summer sipping: The Belondrade y Lurton Rueda, a Spanish white wine made from the verdejo grape, is dangerously tasty - and luckily for us,...
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by tammy on July 03, 2006
With the summer heat, nothing goes down better than cold glass of something sweet. A lot of folks think about beer first when it comes to a cool outdoor beverage. I personally am not a huge fan of...
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by tammy on June 16, 2006
Forgive the silly alliteration in my blog title today, but I couldn't resist just like my husband and I couldn't resist the taste of this great Spanish wine: 2003 Torres Coronas Tempranillo....
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This is another excellent find that I've picked a few times during my grocery store econ-wine buying trips. Normally, this 2003 Penascal Tempranillo is priced at about $5.99 in my local grocery...
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