Winemaker’s Notes
A great red Italian table wine with plumy jam aromas and ripe berry flavors on the palate.
Food Pairing:
Grilled Steak, Roast Beef, Rack of Lamb, Sharp Cheddar
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Donini Collection: Merlot
Tag: Red Wine
Small Mercy: Easy Going Red
Winemakers Notes:
A bright and fruity wine. Unfussy, easy going red.
Food Pairings:
Grilled Steak, Roast Beef, Rack of Lamb, Lamb Shank, Osso Bucco, Sharp Cheddar
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Bodacious
Winemakers Notes
Rich, bold, smooth, toasty with aromas of black cherry, vanilla, caramel and spice. A select portion of the blend has been aged in Bourbon barrels.
Food Pairing
Grilled steak, Roast Beef, Rack of Lamb, Lamb Shank, Sharp Cheddar, Occo Bucco
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McGuigan- Black Label
Winemaker’s Notes:
Charming flavors of cherry and blackberry highlight this wine with a subtle oak influence of chocolate and vanilla
Food Pairing:
Grilled Steak, Roast Beef, Rack of Lamb, Lamb Shank, Osso Bucco, Sharp Cheddar
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Barefoot Zinfandel
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had wonderful Christmas and New Year celebrations, even though it looked different, I am still grateful for health and another year to pursue my passions and enjoy life.
We kick-off the year with a Californian red wine.
Footnotes (Winemakers Notes):
Big and inviting, with flavors of dark berries, plum jam and notes of prunes. It has a mild spice flavor and delivers a taste that lingers and delights with chocolate mocha flavors and a lingering jammy finish.
Food Pairings:
Grilled Tuna, Grilled Swordfish, Peking Duck, Lamb Loin, Hamburgers and Nachos
Cheers to 2021 and Enjoy Responsibly
Copper Moon: Monlight Harvest Merlot
Winemakers Notes:
Harvested under the light of the moon, this unique wine delivers a cool fresh taste that captures the mystery of the night.
This wine features notes of cherries and plums
Food Pairings:
Prime rib, pizza, grilled steak and cheese
Cheers and Enjoy Responsibly
Happy Halloween
Wherever you are celebrating, I wish you lots of fun and hope you are with your loved ones.
Today I want to bring another Chilean wine: Gato Negro- Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemakers Notes:
Welcome to our wonderful world of flavoRRR. Discover the rich and intense Cabernet Sauvignon textures and aromas.
Look for notes of strawberries and chocolates
Food Pairings:
Red meats and cheeses
Cheers and Enjoy Responsibly.
Boo
Fort Berens Estate Winery: Meritage
Winemakers Notes:
This classic Meritage is a blend of 68% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Carbernet Franc. This wine has beautiful BlackBerry, cherry, and dark chocolate notes.
Food Pairing:
Beef or pork tenderloin, eggplant parmesan and cheeses like hard gouda and applewood smoked cheddar
Cheers and Enjoy Responsibly
Buronga Hill Estate: Shiraz
This is the first Australian wine I am featuring on the blog so I wanted to share some fun wine facts about Australia, before getting to this week’s feature.
- Australia produces more than 1 billion liters of wine each year.
- Although a wine leader, Australia cannot grow certain sorts of grapes, such as: Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Semillon. These are imported.
- The first wine production in Australia was in 1788.
Winemakers Notes:
This classic Australian Shiraz is bursting with spicy plum, cherry ad blackberry jam fruit flavours and complementedby fine grained tannins with sublt hinys of cedar and leather from oak aging.
Food Paring:
Grilled Tuna, Grilled swordfish, Lamb Loin, Venison, Caribou, Hamburgers, Nachos
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Jumilla – Castillo De Madax
Winemakers Notes:
This wine has a soft warmth that reflects its Mediterranean origins. Fruity and well balanced, powerful and round, this is a pleasant wine with a sweet, nutty finish.
Food Pairing:
Cured or Smoked Meats, Pasta with Meat Sauce, Baked Pasta with meat filling, Duck Confit, Roast Duck, Grilled Pork, Grilled Veal, Tacos, Burritos, Fajitas, Pizza, Hamburgers
Cheers and Enjoy Responsibly
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