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Winey Tasting Notes: Brightening Things Up With Sequin(s)

I’m going to take you back in time here – about a month. I’m trolling strolling through Target minding my own business when out pops a polka dot bottle of wine. I swear, it’s true. Just jumped right out at me and begged “Buy me.” It obviously knew that I have a thing for polka…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Brightening Things Up With Sequin(s)

I’m going to take you back in time here – about a month. I’m trolling strolling through Target minding my own business when out pops a polka dot bottle of wine. I swear, it’s true. Just jumped right out at me and begged “Buy me.” It obviously knew that I have a thing for polka…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Just In Time For Bathing Suit Weather: The Light Grape Collection

I received these wines for review purposes. The opinions are all my own.I will fully admit it. When I received the review samples from The Light Grape I approached them with a very big dose of skepticism. I do not have fond memories of other “light” wines I have sipped.  (Skinny Girl California Red (or: I’ll Take…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Just In Time For Bathing Suit Weather: The Light Grape Collection

I received these wines for review purposes. The opinions are all my own.I will fully admit it. When I received the review samples from The Light Grape I approached them with a very big dose of skepticism. I do not have fond memories of other “light” wines I have sipped.  (Skinny Girl California Red (or: I’ll Take…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Cooper Station Red and Downton Abbey

I’ll put it right out there: I LOVE DOWNTON ABBEY! Every Sunday morning at church, I give a little prayer of thanks that another episode will be showing that night. I love the whole idea of a classy soap opera spoken in English accents. I love the fashions. AND I love Maggie Smith as the…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Finishing the Christmas Returns and Fields Family Old Vine Zinfandel

The holidays are over (The Winey Son is back at West Point, the Winey Daughter back to high school, Winey Hubby back to work), but the wonderful memory lingers! We had a classic Christmas in Northeast Ohio this year: family, fun and lots and lots of snow. So pretty! The white stuff is especially pretty…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Finishing the Christmas Returns and Fields Family Old Vine Zinfandel

The holidays are over (The Winey Son is back at West Point, the Winey Daughter back to high school, Winey Hubby back to work), but the wonderful memory lingers! We had a classic Christmas in Northeast Ohio this year: family, fun and lots and lots of snow. So pretty! The white stuff is especially pretty…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Go Northwestern! The 2012 Gator Bowl and Klinker Brick Farrah Syrah

New Year’s Day in the Winey Household is a fairly typical celebration. Sleep late. Watch bowl games. Eat lots of buffalo chicken dip. Sound familiar to you? (You can insert your own favorite dip – it just happens that we are on a buffalo chicken dip kick this year.) You can also add one other…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Go Northwestern! The 2012 Gator Bowl and Klinker Brick Farrah Syrah

New Year’s Day in the Winey Household is a fairly typical celebration. Sleep late. Watch bowl games. Eat lots of buffalo chicken dip. Sound familiar to you? (You can insert your own favorite dip – it just happens that we are on a buffalo chicken dip kick this year.) You can also add one other…

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Winey Tasting Notes: Go Northwestern! The 2012 Gator Bowl and Klinker Brick Farrah Syrah

New Year’s Day in the Winey Household is a fairly typical celebration. Sleep late. Watch bowl games. Eat lots of buffalo chicken dip. Sound familiar to you? (You can insert your own favorite dip – it just happens that we are on a buffalo chicken dip kick this year.) You can also add one other…