Merry Christmas from my family to yours! (Not my house…)
Merry Christmas!
Someone pointed out to me that I was celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas with my Gift Guide all wrong! Continue reading
Merry Christmas 2020!
A Wine Lover’s Gift Guide: 12 Months of Green Wine
12 days of Christmas original artwork by Sarah Jenks Flesher
Is somebody you know dreaming of a WINE Christmas? Need a last minute gift for someone who wants wine on the green side? (Not green the color but green as in sustainable, organic, biodynamic…?) Got you covered!
On the twelth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide: 11 Wines in a Wine Fridge
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
But which bottles of wine are in that wine fridge?
Wine Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Coravin Pieces
Wine Lover’s Gift Guide: 9 Cheeses in a Cheese Grotto Paired with Michel Magnien Biodynamic Bourgogne
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
- 9 Cheeses in a Cheese Grotto
- 8 Bottles of Bubbles
- 7 Winning Wine Clubs,
- 6 Gorgeous Glasses,
- 5 Organic Wine Guides,
- 4 Wine Books,
- 3 Phone Soaps,
- 2 Festive Wines,
- and a Wine Calendar from Wine4Me!
Of course, there had to be a bottle of wine to go with that cheese, please, a 2017 Michel Magnien Bourgogne Pinot Noir ($SRP 30); And a baguette too! Continue reading
Wine Lover’s Gift Guide: 8 Bottles of Bubbles
Prosecco solstice sparkles
I’m dreaming of a wine Christmas! But so far, there hasn’t been a lot of bottles of actual WINE since the two festive bottles. Well my TRUE LOVE is about to change all that because… (drum roll please!)
…On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
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8 Bottles of Bubbles
- 7 Winning Wine Clubs,
- 6 Gorgeous Glasses,
- 5 Organic Wine Guides,
- 4 Wine Books,
- 3 Phone Soaps,
- 2 Festive Wines,
- and a Wine Calendar from Wine4Me!
Because My True Love Wants to Make My Solstice Sparkle, what bottles of bubbles did my true love send?
Will my true love choose sparkling wine from one of these 8 blog posts from the previous few months of 2020! (Yes, that’s definitely been a safer at home strategy around here — bring on the bubbles, and the more the merrier!)
- Champagne Bruno Paillard...
- Verovino’s sparkling wine from Italy…
- sparkling Rose from around the world...
- more sparkling Rose from around the world...
- Champagne from Champagne Day…
- sparkling Cremant from Bordeaux…
- sparkling Cava, Prosecco, and Champagne…
- biodynamic Champagne Leclerc Briant …
Or maybe these 8 Bottles of Prosecco DOC and/or DOCG! Continue reading
So, VOILA! Alice Paillard and Her Father’s Champagne House
Alice Pailard via Zoom
“So voila!” is a favorite saying of Alice Paillard. This I learned in a recent ZOOM call with Alice, the daughter of Bruno Paillard who began his Champagne house in the 1980s where Alice grew and which Alice now runs as CEO. What was that like, Continue reading
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