HELLO WORLD!!! Time once again for………. WINE WINE GLORIOUS WINE!
I know I haven’t been bragging blogging about my drinking lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping my liver on HIGH ALERT, Oh no! It’s soooooooo hard to believe another 3 months has passed Oh So Quickly, but here we are [...]

Rating: 5

This was an excellent wine for a Shabbat meal. The wine was very flavorful; I noted the dark berry flavors, and even some hints of the “leather” that the winemaker noted on the bottle.
While this wine pairs nicely with standard fare, such as chicken and cholent, I also tried it with a spicy-hot [...]

K wine agency Guy Anderson Wines has teamed up with Italian producer Enoitalia to launch what it describes as “a radical and stylish new brand with one of the most distinctive bottles on the market”.
Voga is being launched in the UK in a tall, cylindrical bottle that looks more like the packaging found in the [...]

Roshambo Winery, The Reverend Zinfandel, Sonoma 2005, Approx $19 US, depending on location.
When i picked this wine out i had it pegged in my head from the outset. The bottle has a clean, well put together lael that is, while not brushing the marsupial nomenclature of some wines, entirely too cute. This wine [...]

Israeli scientists have found that polyphenols in wine, fruits, and vegetables can reduce the amount of toxic byproducts created during fat digestion. Click here to read more.
In other news, a spartan diet (nutritionally-balanced but in limited amounts) observed in Okinawans, may help prolong life. *Click.*
STR topics, anyone?

This cheap wine is a delicious wine for the price ($4.79!). This Argentinian wine really has more to offer than you would expect from a wine that costs less than 5 dollars.
Deep ruby-red in color, this cheap wine was very dry and crisp and had a very agreeable finish that seemed not to overstay its [...]

Producer: Cennatoio Intervineas
Wine: Innominato
Vintage: 2004
Country: Italy
Appellation: Toscano I.G.T.
Wine Type: Red
Varietal: Sangiovese with small percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
Grade: B+
Designation: Cheap and Good
Price:$12
Purchase: FinestWine.com
Cennatoio is a Chianti country winery overlooking the Tuscan hillsides of Italy’s Gallo Nero wine region. And while they produce bona fide Chianti Classico and Riserva wines, they also produce fine Toscano [...]

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Ridge’s history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco’s Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in time to produce the first vintage of Monte Bello [...]

360 Ruber Capite - Delle Venezie IGT Rosso
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Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbech produced in their own vineyards.

Vinification Process: Every variety is vinified separately, with macerations lasting from 10 to 15 days. Then the wines are put in barriques (225 litres barrels) for 12 - 15 months; after that they are [...]

I am always learning the most random things here.
Some relatives were at our house a few weeks ago. We had invited The Italian’s mother and step dad, a cousin and her husband and daughter for an outdoor BBQ. We started with some olives, chips, cheese, salami, Crodino, spumante and wonderful bruschetta. Bruschetta is one [...]